CVE-2026-47496

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.

Score

CVSS 3.1 7.3 High

Status

Awaiting Analysis - psirt@nvidia.com

Published

2026-09-30

Last modified

2026-10-01

Weaknesses

CWE-787

Affected products

• Virtual Gpu Manager (Nvidia)

References

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-47496
• https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-47496
• https://github.com/NVIDIA/product-security/tree/main/2026/5861