NVIDIA vGPU software contains a vulnerability in the Virtual GPU Manager (nvidia.ko), where a user in the guest OS can cause a GPU interrup…

published 2022-02-07 4 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2022-26976

cvss: 5.5; version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 0.2%; EPSS 0.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 8%
public exploits: 0; none known

NVIDIA vGPU software contains a vulnerability in the Virtual GPU Manager (nvidia.ko), where a user in the guest OS can cause a GPU interrupt storm on the hypervisor host, leading to a denial of service.

Patch / fix

fixed in 2

nvidia cloud_gaming_virtual_gpu 2022
nvidia virtual_gpu 8.10, 11.7, 13.2

Exploit prediction

0.19% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 8% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
CNA	3.1	5.5	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
NVD	3.1	5.5	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
NVD	2.0	4.9	AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Affected products

NVIDIA NVIDIA Virtual GPU Software and NVIDIA Cloud Gaming

Classification

Weakness

CWE-284 Improper Access Control
CWE-306 Missing Authentication for Critical Functionality

References

nvidia.custhelp.com /app/answers/detail/a_id/5312
vendor-advisory

Sources

CVE List CVE-2022-21816
NVD CVE-2022-21816

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Summary