CVE-2026-47591CWE-863broken-access-control

CVE-2026-47591

High · published September 30, 2026

CVSS v3.1
7.8
EPSS
0%
Percentile
1.7
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

NVIDIA GPU Display Driver for Linux contains a vulnerability in the kernel mode layer where an unprivileged user could bypass read-only memory protection due to incorrect authorization, enabling write access to memory marked read-only. A successful exploit of this vulnerability might lead to code execution, denial of service, escalation of privileges, information disclosure, and data tampering.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
7.8 · HIGH
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00120 · 1.7th percentile
Weakness
CWE-863 · Incorrect Authorization
Published
2026-09-30T20:17Z
References (3)
https://github.com/NVIDIA/product-security/tree/main/2026/5861 · [email protected]https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-47591 · [email protected]https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-47591 · [email protected]
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 02 OCT 03:44Z
    EPSS moved — → 0%
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  • 30 SEP 15:51Z
    NVIDIA GPU Display Driver for Linux contains a vulnerability in the kernel mode layer where an unprivileged user could bypass read-only memory protection due…
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