🛡️ CVE-2026-24187 on Ubuntu — nvidia-graphics-drivers-304

Distribution advisory

This page covers CVE-2026-24187 as tracked by Ubuntu, for the package nvidia-graphics-drivers-304. The fix is available in version 535.309.01-0ubuntu0.24.04.1; earlier versions remain affected.

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 changed, meaning a successful attack can affect components beyond the vulnerable one. 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:C/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: Changed — a successful attack reaches components beyond the vulnerable one.
• 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

UBUNTU-CVE-2026-24187 is classified as CWE-416: Use After Free. Memory is used after being released, so its contents may already belong to something else.

Affected software

UBUNTU-CVE-2026-24187 is recorded against 37 packages.

• nvidia-graphics-drivers-304
• nvidia-graphics-drivers-340
• nvidia-graphics-drivers-390
• nvidia-graphics-drivers-418-server
• nvidia-graphics-drivers-430
• nvidia-graphics-drivers-435
• nvidia-graphics-drivers-440
• nvidia-graphics-drivers-440-server
• nvidia-graphics-drivers-450
• nvidia-graphics-drivers-450-server
• nvidia-graphics-drivers-455
• nvidia-graphics-drivers-460
• nvidia-graphics-drivers-460-server
• nvidia-graphics-drivers-470
• nvidia-graphics-drivers-470-server
• nvidia-graphics-drivers-510
• nvidia-graphics-drivers-515
• nvidia-graphics-drivers-515-server
• nvidia-graphics-drivers-520
• nvidia-graphics-drivers-530
• nvidia-graphics-drivers-535 (fixed in 535.309.01-0ubuntu0.24.04.1)
• nvidia-graphics-drivers-535-server
• nvidia-graphics-drivers-545
• nvidia-graphics-drivers-550

Timeline and source

Published on 26 May 2026 and last revised on 23 July 2026. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. Record sourced from OSV.

References

ubuntu.com (Report)
www.cve.org (Report)
nvd.nist.gov (Report)
nvidia.custhelp.com (Report)
www.cve.org (Report)

Other advisories for this package

nvidia-graphics-drivers-304 has other advisories on record. If you are patching this one, these are worth checking on the same host:

• UBUNTU-CVE-2026-24193 (published 26 May 2026)
• UBUNTU-CVE-2026-24199 (published 26 May 2026)
• UBUNTU-CVE-2026-24192 (published 26 May 2026)
• UBUNTU-CVE-2026-24198 (published 26 May 2026)
• UBUNTU-CVE-2026-24190 (published 26 May 2026)
• UBUNTU-CVE-2026-24197 (published 26 May 2026)
• UBUNTU-CVE-2026-24182 (published 26 May 2026)
• UBUNTU-CVE-2026-24196 (published 26 May 2026)

Same weakness in other software

These advisories are the same class of weakness (CWE-416: Use After Free) in other software:

• CVE-2022-21540 (5.3 Medium, published 8 May 2026)
• CVE-2022-50552 (7.8 High, published 7 Oct 2025)
• CVE-2022-50542 (7.8 High, published 7 Oct 2025)
• CVE-2022-50488 (7.8 High, published 4 Oct 2025)
• CVE-2022-50507 (7.8 High, published 4 Oct 2025)
• CVE-2022-50496 (7.8 High, published 4 Oct 2025)
• CVE-2022-50492 (7.8 High, published 4 Oct 2025)
• CVE-2022-50421 (7.8 High, published 1 Oct 2025)

CVE-2026-24187 on other distributions

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

Details

Affected Packages

References