CVE-2026-47589 Use after free in GeForce
Unprivileged users can trigger a use-after-free in NVIDIA GPU drivers, leading to code execution, privilege escalation, denial of service, and information disclosure.
- 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
What is CVE-2026-47589?
CVE-2026-47589 is a high-severity use after free vulnerability in NVIDIA GeForce, published on 30 Sep 2026. 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 and Linux contains a vulnerability where an unprivileged user may cause a use-after-free condition by issuing a sequence of driver commands. A successful exploit of this vulnerability might lead to code execution, escalation of privileges, denial of service, and information disclosure.
Weakness: CWE-416
Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-47589?
How do I fix CVE-2026-47589?
Apply the vendor's patch.
Upgrade to the fixed version. These bugs are found with fuzzing and sanitisers and avoided by memory-safe languages. More about Use after free.
Is CVE-2026-47589 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-47589 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2026-47589, ECHO-dac6-468e-ecb9, GHSA-4gw3-q7jj-gwv5, UBUNTU-CVE-2026-47589.