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high 7.8

CVE-2026-47489 json

NVIDIA GPU Display Driver for Linux contains a vulnerability in the kernel mode layer where permissions on read-only memory might not be pr…

published 2026-09-30 39 d ago modified 2026-09-30 39 d ago also EUVD-2026-90189

cvss
7.8
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.1%
EPSS 0.1% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 2%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

NVIDIA GPU Display Driver for Linux contains a vulnerability in the kernel mode layer where permissions on read-only memory might not be preserved. A successful exploit of this vulnerability might lead to code execution, denial of service, escalation of privileges, information disclosure, and data tampering.

Patch / fix

  • nvidia-graphics-drivers-tesla Debian 12 525.147.05-6

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2026-47489

  • nvidia-open-driver-G07-signed SLE Module for Basesystem 15 SP7 595.112.07-150700.16.27.1
  • nvidia-open-driver-G07-signed-cuda SLE Module for Basesystem 15 SP7 615.71.09-150700.16.27.1
  • nvidia-open-driver-G06-signed Linux Micro 6.1, Linux Micro 6.0 580.196.07-159998.1.1
  • nvidia-open-driver-G06-signed-cuda Linux Micro 6.1, Linux Micro 6.0 580.196.07-159998.1.1
  • nvidia-open-driver-G07-signed SLES 16.0, Linux Micro 6.2, SLES for SAP applications 16.0 595.104.02-160000.1.1
  • nvidia-open-driver-G07-signed-cuda SLES 16.0, Linux Micro 6.2, SLES for SAP applications 16.0 615.71.09-160000.1.1
  • nvidia-open-driver-G07-signed Linux Micro 6.1, Linux Micro 6.0 595.104.02-1.1
  • nvidia-open-driver-G07-signed-cuda Linux Micro 6.1, Linux Micro 6.0 615.71.09-1.1

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2026:5097-1SUSE-SU-2026:5096-1SUSE-SU-2026:24513-1SUSE-SU-2026:24558-1SUSE-SU-2026:24194-1SUSE-SU-2026:24256-1

  • nvidia-open-driver-G07-signed openSUSE Leap 16.0 595.104.02-160000.1.1
  • nvidia-open-driver-G07-signed-cuda openSUSE Leap 16.0 615.71.09-160000.1.1

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2026:22106-1

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2026-47489 updated cvss 7.8

nvidia-driver: xorg-x11-drv-nvidia: nvidia-driver: Privilege escalation via unpreserved read-only memory permissions

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 libnvidia-ml, libnvidia-cfg, libnvidia-fbc, xorg-x11-nvidia, libnvidia-gpucomp, nvidia-driver-cuda, +4 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 nvidia-driver 615.71.10-1.el10
    affected: workaround, no fix available “Fix deferred”

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

CISA SSVC

Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
total
Assessed
39 d ago

Exploit prediction

0.13% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 2% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 3.1 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected products

  • NVIDIA GeForce
  • NVIDIA RTX, Quadro, NVS
  • NVIDIA Tesla
  • NVIDIA Guest driver
  • NVIDIA Virtual GPU Manager

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-281 Improper Preservation of Permissions

References

Sources

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