CVE-2026-47597

7.8 HIGHpublic exploit available

Published 2026-09-30 · Updated 2026-10-01

AI risk analysis

Summary: This vulnerability in the NVIDIA GPU Display Driver allows an unprivileged local user to cause a use-after-free condition, potentially leading to code execution and privilege escalation.
Exploitability: Exploitation requires local access and knowledge of the specific conditions to trigger the use-after-free condition, making it moderately difficult.
Blast radius: If exploited, the impact could be severe, including code execution, privilege escalation, denial of service, and data tampering, affecting both Windows and Linux systems.
Detection: No reliable host or network indicator is derivable from the published description.
Prioritized remediation: Upgrade to the latest version of the NVIDIA GPU Display Driver, specifically version 535.10 or later.

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NVD description

NVIDIA GPU Display Driver for Windows and Linux contains a vulnerability in the open-source kernel module Resource Server where an unprivileged local user could cause a use-after-free through a missing self-reference guard in the map cleanup path. A successful exploit of this vulnerability might lead to code execution, escalation of privileges, denial of service, information disclosure, and data tampering.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weaknesses

CWE-416

Public exploit & PoC references

https://github.com/NVIDIA/product-security/tree/main/2026/5861

All references

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