Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2026-47496

high Nessus Plugin ID 353362

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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 Virtual GPU Manager (vGPU plugin) where a guest VM user may cause an out-of-bounds write by sending a specially crafted RPC call to the host. A successful exploit of this vulnerability might lead to escalation of privileges, data tampering, and denial of service. (CVE-2026-47496)

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: 353362

File Name: unpatched_CVE_2026_47496.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Family: Misc.

Published: 9/30/2026

Updated: 10/5/2026

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.5

Percentile: 57.72

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.4

Temporal Score: 5.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-47496

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.3

Temporal Score: 6.7

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:20.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:22.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:24.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:26.04:-:lts, 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:canonical:ubuntu_linux:nvidia-graphics-drivers-304, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:nvidia-graphics-drivers-340, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:nvidia-graphics-drivers-390, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:nvidia-graphics-drivers-418-server, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:nvidia-graphics-drivers-430, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:nvidia-graphics-drivers-435, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:nvidia-graphics-drivers-440-server, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:nvidia-graphics-drivers-440, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:nvidia-graphics-drivers-450-server, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:nvidia-graphics-drivers-450, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:nvidia-graphics-drivers-455, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:nvidia-graphics-drivers-460-server, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:nvidia-graphics-drivers-460, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:nvidia-graphics-drivers-470-server, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:nvidia-graphics-drivers-470, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:nvidia-graphics-drivers-510, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:nvidia-graphics-drivers-515-server, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:nvidia-graphics-drivers-515, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:nvidia-graphics-drivers-520, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:nvidia-graphics-drivers-530, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:nvidia-graphics-drivers-535-server, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:nvidia-graphics-drivers-535, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:nvidia-graphics-drivers-545, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:nvidia-graphics-drivers-550-server, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:nvidia-graphics-drivers-550, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:nvidia-graphics-drivers-560, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:nvidia-graphics-drivers-565-server, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:nvidia-graphics-drivers-570-server, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:nvidia-graphics-drivers-570, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:nvidia-graphics-drivers-575-server, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:nvidia-graphics-drivers-575, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:nvidia-graphics-drivers-580-server, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:nvidia-graphics-drivers-580, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:nvidia-graphics-drivers-590-server, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:nvidia-graphics-drivers-590, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:nvidia-graphics-drivers-595-server, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:nvidia-graphics-drivers-595, 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/cpu, Host/local_checks_enabled, global_settings/vendor_unpatched, Host/OS/identifier

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/30/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-47496

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