CVE-2026-47496 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

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Solution

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Workaround

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References

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

History

Wed, 30 Sep 2026 16:00:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Description		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.
Weaknesses		CWE-787
References		https://github.com/NVIDIA/product-security/tree/main/2026/5861 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-47496 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-47496
Metrics		cvssV3_1 `{'score': 7.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:H'}`

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MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: nvidia

Published: 2026-09-30T15:54:58.452Z

Updated: 2026-09-30T17:29:25.896Z

Reserved: 2026-05-19T19:55:40.488Z

Link: CVE-2026-47496

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2026-09-30T16:17:14.160

Modified: 2026-09-30T16:44:39.840

Link: CVE-2026-47496

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-787

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