Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2026-47506

medium Nessus Plugin ID 362437

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 contains a vulnerability in the kernel-mode color transform path where excessive kernel stack use occurs when evaluating YCbCr420 display emulation. A successful exploit of this vulnerability might lead to denial of service. (CVE-2026-47506)

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: Medium

ID: 362437

File Name: unpatched_CVE_2026_47506.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Family: Misc.

Published: 10/1/2026

Updated: 10/1/2026

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3

Percentile: 23.63

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4

Temporal Score: 3.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-47506

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:N/I:N/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, 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

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-2026-47506

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