CVE-2026-47559 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

NVIDIA GPU Display Driver for Windows and Linux contains a vulnerability in the kernel mode layer, where a user could access memory belonging to another user's process. A successful exploit of this vulnerability might lead to code execution, escalation of privileges, data tampering, denial of service, and information disclosure.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

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-2026-47559
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-47559

History

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

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Description		NVIDIA GPU Display Driver for Windows and Linux contains a vulnerability in the kernel mode layer, where a user could access memory belonging to another user's process. A successful exploit of this vulnerability might lead to code execution, escalation of privileges, data tampering, denial of service, and information disclosure.
Weaknesses		CWE-862
References		https://github.com/NVIDIA/product-security/tree/main/2026/5861 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-47559 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-47559
Metrics		cvssV3_1 `{'score': 7.8, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}`

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MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: nvidia

Published: 2026-09-30T15:50:25.399Z

Updated: 2026-09-30T15:50:25.399Z

Reserved: 2026-05-19T19:55:45.574Z

Link: CVE-2026-47559

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NVD

Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2026-09-30T16:17:24.373

Modified: 2026-09-30T16:30:23.773

Link: CVE-2026-47559

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Weaknesses

CWE-862

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