# CVE-2021-1073: Information disclosure in NVIDIA GeForce Experience Software

> A vulnerability in NVIDIA GeForce Experience allows malicious web pages to steal login session tokens, potentially leading to account compromise and data exposure.

- **Severity:** High 8.3 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 25 Jun 2021
- **Updated:** 3 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-4wh7-mq9j-whxw

## What is CVE-2021-1073?

CVE-2021-1073 is a high-severity vulnerability in NVIDIA GeForce Experience Software, published on 25 Jun 2021. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official description

NVIDIA GeForce Experience, all versions prior to 3.23, contains a vulnerability in the login flow when a user tries to log in by using a browser, while, at the same time, any other web page is loaded in other tabs of the same browser. In this situation, the web page can get access to the token of the user login session, leading to the possibility that the user’s account is compromised. This may lead to the targeted user’s data being accessed, altered, or lost.

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2021-1073?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Nvidia Geforce Experience.

## How do I fix CVE-2021-1073?

No fix has been published for CVE-2021-1073 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2021-1073 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-1073 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in NVIDIA GeForce Experience Software

- [CVE-2017-6250](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-6250/): Code injection in GeForce Experience (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2016-8812](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2016-8812/): Memory corruption in Quadro, NVS, and GeForce (all versions) (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2022-42291](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-42291/): Path traversal in GeForce Experience (high 8.2)
- [CVE-2021-23175](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-23175/): Missing authorization in NVIDIA GeForce Experience Software (high 8.2)
- [CVE-2020-5977](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-5977/): Path traversal in NVIDIA GeForce Experience Software (high 7.8)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2021-1073 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2021-1073 is a high-severity vulnerability in NVIDIA GeForce Experience Software, published on 25 Jun 2021. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-1073 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: NVIDIA GeForce Experience Software. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-1073/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-1073/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-1073
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-1073
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2021-1073

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