# CVE-2022-34669: Path traversal in vGPU software (guest driver) - Windows, NVIDIA Cloud Gaming (guest driver)

> Unprivileged users can access or modify critical system files via the NVIDIA GPU driver, potentially leading to code execution, privilege escalation, or data tampering.

- **Severity:** High 8.8 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/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:** No
- **Published:** 30 Dec 2022
- **Updated:** 10 Apr 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-c44x-8p8x-4vc4

## What is CVE-2022-34669?

CVE-2022-34669 is a high-severity path traversal vulnerability in Nvidia Virtual Gpu, published on 30 Dec 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 Windows contains a vulnerability in the user mode layer, where an unprivileged regular user can access or modify system files or other files that are critical to the application, which may lead to code execution, denial of service, escalation of privileges, information disclosure, or data tampering.

Weakness: CWE-610 (Externally Controlled Reference to a Resource in Another Sphere), CWE-73 (External Control of File Name or Path)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-34669?

It affects 2 products.


Products: Nvidia Cloud Gaming, Nvidia Virtual Gpu.

## How do I fix CVE-2022-34669?

No fix has been published for CVE-2022-34669 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2022-34669 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-34669 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Nvidia Virtual Gpu

- [CVE-2024-0107](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-0107/): Memory corruption in GPU Display Driver, vGPU Software, Cloud Gaming (high 7.8)
- [CVE-2024-0084](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-0084/): CVE (high 7.8)
- [CVE-2024-0089](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-0089/): CVE (high 7.8)
- [CVE-2024-0090](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-0090/): CVE (high 7.8)
- [CVE-2024-0091](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-0091/): CVE (high 7.8)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2022-34669 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2022-34669 is a high-severity path traversal vulnerability in Nvidia Virtual Gpu, published on 30 Dec 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-2022-34669 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Nvidia Virtual Gpu. 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-2022-34669/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-34669/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-34669
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-34669
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-34669

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