CVE-2026-47596 Privilege escalation in GeForce
An unprivileged user can write to read-only memory in the NVIDIA Linux GPU driver, leading to code execution and privilege escalation.
- 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-2026-47596?
CVE-2026-47596 is a high-severity 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 Linux contains a vulnerability in the kernel mode layer where an unprivileged user can write to read-only memory because the memory's permissions are not preserved. A successful exploit of this vulnerability might lead to code execution and escalation of privileges.
Weakness: CWE-281
Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-47596?
How do I fix CVE-2026-47596?
Apply the vendor's patch.
Is CVE-2026-47596 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-47596 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2026-47596, GHSA-g7gp-q5f7-g7f4, UBUNTU-CVE-2026-47596.