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CVE-2026-24187

8.8
High
EPSS 0.19%Patch availableMay 27, 2026

NVIDIA Linux driver use-after-free enables local privilege escalation and possible RCE.

common questions

Is CVE-2026-24187 being exploited?

Not confirmed. CVE-2026-24187 does not appear in CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog, which records only exploitation that has been observed and reported publicly. That is evidence of absence of a report, not evidence the flaw is unattacked. EPSS currently estimates a 0.19% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How severe is CVE-2026-24187?

CVE-2026-24187 is rated High with a CVSS score of 8.8. Severity describes how bad exploitation would be, not how likely it is: pair it with exploitation evidence before deciding what to patch first.

Is there a patch for CVE-2026-24187?

Yes. A fix has been recorded for CVE-2026-24187. The vendor advisory is the authority on the exact fixed version — apply it from there rather than from a summary.

What does CVE-2026-24187 affect?

CVE-2026-24187 affects NVIDIA Linux Display Driver, NVIDIA GPU driver for Linux. Confirm the exact affected versions against the vendor advisory before deciding you are exposed.

What should I do about CVE-2026-24187?

Update to driver when a patch is released; monitor NVIDIA advisories.

Exploitation status reflects CISA's KEV catalog as we last synced it. Check the catalog directly.

executive summary
technical analysis
affected
NVIDIA Linux Display DriverNVIDIA GPU driver for Linux
impact

Local attacker could exploit use-after-free in NVIDIA Linux driver to escalate privileges, crash, disclose data, or take control of kernel state.

action required

Patch when possible

affected versions
NVIDIA GeForce
  • affectedAll driver versions prior to 595.71.05
  • affectedAll driver versions prior to 580.159.03
  • affectedAll driver versions prior to 535.309.01
NVIDIA Guest driver
  • affected595.58.03(All versions prior to and including vGPU 20.0)
  • affected580.126.09(All versions prior to and including vGPU 19.4)
  • affected535.288.01(All versions prior to and including vGPU 16.13)
  • affected595.58.03(All versions up to and including the March 2026 release)
NVIDIA NVIDIA RTX, Quadro, NVS
  • affectedAll driver versions prior to 595.71.05
  • affectedAll driver versions prior to 580.159.03
  • affectedAll driver versions prior to 535.309.01
NVIDIA Tesla
  • affectedAll driver versions prior to 595.71.05
  • affectedAll driver versions prior to 580.159.03
  • affectedAll driver versions prior to 535.309.01
NVIDIA Virtual GPU Manager
  • affected595.58.02(All versions up to and including the March 2026 release)
  • affected595.58.02(All versions prior to and including vGPU 20.0)
  • affected580.126.08(All versions prior to and including vGPU 19.4)
  • affected535.288.01(All versions prior to and including vGPU 16.13)

As published in the CVE Program record. A version outside these ranges is not a statement that it is unaffected — vendors sometimes understate a range, and distribution-backported builds carry upstream numbers that do not reflect what was patched into them.

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