🛡️ CVE-2022-34672 — cloud-gaming

How this vulnerability can be exploited

This issue can be reached with local access to the system, attack complexity is low, an attacker needs low-level privileges on the target. No user interaction is required. The scope is unchanged, so the impact stays within the vulnerable component. Rated impact: confidentiality high, integrity high, availability high.

CVSS metrics in full

The score comes from this vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

• Attack vector: Local — a local account, shell or session on the host is needed.
• Attack complexity: Low — the attack works reliably, with no preparation.
• Privileges required: Low — an ordinary user account is enough.
• User interaction: None — nobody has to be tricked into anything.
• Scope: Unchanged — the damage stays inside the vulnerable component.
• Confidentiality impact: High — total loss, or loss the attacker controls.
• Integrity impact: High — total loss, or loss the attacker controls.
• Availability impact: High — total loss, or loss the attacker controls.

Weakness class

CVE-2022-34672 is classified as CWE-284: Improper Access Control. The software does not restrict an action to the actors that should be allowed to perform it.

Affected software

CVE-2022-34672 is recorded against 2 packages.

• cloud-gaming (fixed in 527.27)
• virtual-gpu (from 14.0 up to 14.4)

Timeline and source

Published on 30 December 2022 and last revised on 17 June 2026. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. Record sourced from NVD.

References

nvidia.custhelp.com
nvidia.custhelp.com

Other advisories for this package

cloud-gaming has other advisories on record. If you are patching this one, these are worth checking on the same host:

• CVE-2024-0107 (7.8 High, published 8 Aug 2024)
• CVE-2024-0084 (7.8 High, published 13 Jun 2024)
• CVE-2024-0092 (5.5 Medium, published 13 Jun 2024)
• CVE-2024-0091 (7.8 High, published 13 Jun 2024)
• CVE-2024-0090 (7.8 High, published 13 Jun 2024)
• CVE-2024-0089 (7.8 High, published 13 Jun 2024)
• CVE-2024-0086 (5.5 Medium, published 13 Jun 2024)
• CVE-2024-0085 (6.3 Medium, published 13 Jun 2024)

Same weakness in other software

These advisories are the same class of weakness (CWE-284: Improper Access Control) in other software:

• CVE-2022-29160 (2.0 Low, published 12 Jul 2026)
• CVE-2022-45438 (published 7 Jul 2026)
• CVE-2016-0757 (published 6 Jul 2026)
• CVE-2000-1212 (published 2 Jul 2026)
• CVE-2002-0170 (8.0 High, published 2 Jul 2026)
• CVE-2022-31231 (5.9 Medium, published 22 May 2026)
• CVE-2023-24215 (9.1 Critical, published 18 May 2026)
• CVE-2023-21968 (3.7 Low, published 8 May 2026)

Details

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References