# CVE-2022-31608: Missing authorization in GeForce, Workstation, Compute

> Local attackers can exploit optional D-Bus configurations in NVIDIA GPU drivers to execute code, escalate privileges, or cause denial of service.

- **Severity:** High 7.8 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** Yes
- **Published:** 18 Nov 2022
- **Updated:** 29 Apr 2025
- **Also known as:** DEBIAN-CVE-2022-31608, GHSA-3qpv-49m3-3h75, UBUNTU-CVE-2022-31608

## What is CVE-2022-31608?

CVE-2022-31608 is a high-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Nvidia Gpu Display Driver, published on 18 Nov 2022. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

NVIDIA GPU Display Driver for Linux contains a vulnerability in an optional D-Bus configuration file, where a local user with basic capabilities can impact protected D-Bus endpoints, which may lead to code execution, denial of service, escalation of privileges, information disclosure, and data tampering.

Weakness: CWE-281 (Improper Preservation of Permissions)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-31608?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Nvidia Gpu Display Driver.

## How do I fix CVE-2022-31608?

Apply the vendor's patch.

## Is CVE-2022-31608 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-31608 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Nvidia Gpu Display Driver

- [CVE-2026-24187](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-24187/): Use after free in GeForce (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2023-0184](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-0184/): Privilege escalation in NVIDIA GPU Display Driver (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2022-34671](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-34671/): Memory corruption in NVIDIA GPU Display Driver for Windows (high 8.5)
- [CVE-2022-28181](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-28181/): Memory corruption in NVIDIA GPU Display Driver (high 8.5)
- [CVE-2022-28182](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-28182/): Memory corruption in NVIDIA GPU Display Driver (high 8.5)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2022-31608 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2022-31608 is a high-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Nvidia Gpu Display Driver, published on 18 Nov 2022. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-31608 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Nvidia Gpu Display Driver. 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-2022-31608/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-31608/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-31608
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-31608
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-31608

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-31608/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.