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🛡️ CVE-2026-24190 — gpu-display-driver

🟠 CVSS 7.8 — High ✅ No Known Exploit CWE-862 NVD
7.8
CVSS Score
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Description

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

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-2026-24190 is classified as CWE-862: Missing Authorization. No authorisation check is performed before carrying out a restricted action.

Affected software

CVE-2026-24190 is recorded against 1 package.

  • gpu-display-driver (from 595 up to 595.71.05)

Timeline and source

Published on 26 May 2026 and last revised on 24 July 2026. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. Record sourced from NVD.

References

nvd.nist.gov
nvidia.custhelp.com
www.cve.org

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

Same weakness in other software

These advisories are the same class of weakness (CWE-862: Missing Authorization) in other software:

CVE-2026-24190 on other distributions

Each distribution ships its own build and its own fixed version. Pick the one you run:

Details

Severity HIGH
CVSS Score 7.8
CVSS Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE CWE-862
Public Exploit ✅ No
Source NVD
Published 2026-05-26
Updated 2026-08-20
Modified 2026-07-24
Fix URL N/A

Affected Packages

Software From version Fixed in
gpu-display-driver 595 595.71.05

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