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Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2026-47555

medium Nessus Plugin ID 353348

Synopsis

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed with a vulnerability that the vendor indicates will not be patched.

Description

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available.

 - NVIDIA GPU Display Driver for Windows and Linux contains a vulnerability in the kernel mode layer where a user could cause uninitialized kernel memory to be copied back to userspace. A successful exploit of this vulnerability might lead to information disclosure. (CVE-2026-47555)

Note that Nessus relies on the presence of the package as reported by the vendor.

Solution

There is no known solution at this time.

See Also

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2026-47555

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2026-47555

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 353348

File Name: unpatched_CVE_2026_47555.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Family: Misc.

Published: 9/30/2026

Updated: 10/1/2026

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3

Percentile: 23.63

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 2.1

Temporal Score: 1.8

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-47555

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.5

Temporal Score: 5.1

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:U/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:12.0, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:13.0, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:14.0, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:10, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:nvidia-graphics-drivers-tesla-470, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:nvidia-graphics-drivers-tesla-535, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:nvidia-graphics-drivers, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:nvidia-open-gpu-kernel-modules, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libnvidia-cfg, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libnvidia-fbc, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libnvidia-gpucomp, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libnvidia-ml, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:nvidia-driver-common, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:nvidia-driver-cuda-libs, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:nvidia-driver-cuda, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:nvidia-driver-libs, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:nvidia-driver, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:xorg-x11-nvidia

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, global_settings/vendor_unpatched, Host/OS/identifier

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/30/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-47555