Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2026-47596

high Nessus Plugin ID 353354

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 Linux contains a vulnerability in the kernel mode layer where an unprivileged user can write to read-only memory because the memory's permissions are not preserved. A successful exploit of this vulnerability might lead to code execution and escalation of privileges.
(CVE-2026-47596)

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

Solution

There is no known solution at this time.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 353354

File Name: unpatched_CVE_2026_47596.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: Medium

Score: 5

Percentile: 93.18

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.9

Temporal Score: 5.9

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-47596

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7

Temporal Score: 6.4

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

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-2026-47596

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