# CVE-2022-34672: Privilege escalation in vGPU software (guest driver) - Windows, NVIDIA Cloud Gaming (guest driver)

> An unprivileged user can exploit NVIDIA Control Panel to gain privileges, read sensitive data, or execute commands.

- **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:** No
- **Published:** 30 Dec 2022
- **Updated:** 11 Apr 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-hvgf-g3mj-63fq

## What is CVE-2022-34672?

CVE-2022-34672 is a high-severity 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 Control Panel for Windows contains a vulnerability where an unauthorized user or an unprivileged regular user can compromise the security of the software by gaining privileges, reading sensitive information, or executing commands.

Weakness: CWE-284 (Improper Access Control)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-34672?

It affects 2 products.


Products: Nvidia Cloud Gaming, Nvidia Virtual Gpu.

## How do I fix CVE-2022-34672?

No fix has been published for CVE-2022-34672 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2022-34672 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-34672 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Nvidia Virtual Gpu

- [CVE-2022-34669](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-34669/): Path traversal in vGPU software (guest driver) - Windows, NVIDIA Cloud Gaming (guest driver) (high 8.8)
- [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)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2022-34672 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2022-34672 is a high-severity 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-2022-34672 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-2022-34672/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-34672/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-34672
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-34672
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-34672

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