# CVE-2023-31027: CVE

> Low-privilege Windows users can escalate privileges during GPU driver updates, allowing unauthorized access to system resources.

- **Severity:** High 8.2 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/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:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 2 Nov 2023
- **Updated:** 12 Sep 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-mg8p-6mff-qxjx

## What is CVE-2023-31027?

CVE-2023-31027 is a high-severity vulnerability in Nvidia Virtual Gpu, published on 2 Nov 2023. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official description

NVIDIA GPU Display Driver for Windows contains a vulnerability that allows Windows users with low levels of privilege to escalate privileges when an administrator is updating GPU drivers, which may lead to escalation of privileges.

Weakness: CWE-427 (Uncontrolled Search Path Element)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-31027?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Nvidia Virtual Gpu.

## How do I fix CVE-2023-31027?

No fix has been published for CVE-2023-31027 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2023-31027 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-31027 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Nvidia Virtual Gpu

- [CVE-2023-0189](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-0189/): Privilege escalation in vGPU software (guest driver - Linux), NVIDIA Cloud Gaming (guest driver - Linux) (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2023-31017](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-31017/): CVE (high 7.8)
- [CVE-2023-31019](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-31019/): CVE (high 7.8)
- [CVE-2023-0182](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-0182/): Memory corruption in vGPU software (guest driver - Windows), NVIDIA Cloud Gaming (guest driver - Windows) (high 7.8)
- [CVE-2022-31609](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-31609/): Missing authorization in NVIDIA Virtual GPU Software and NVIDIA Cloud Gaming (high 7.8)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2023-31027 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2023-31027 is a high-severity vulnerability in Nvidia Virtual Gpu, published on 2 Nov 2023. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-31027 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-2023-31027/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-31027/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-31027
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-31027
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-31027

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-31027/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.