CVE-2026-47599 Privilege escalation in GeForce
Unprivileged local users can exploit improper memory permission handling in the NVIDIA Linux kernel module to execute code, escalate privileges, or cause denial of service.
- 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-2026-47599?
CVE-2026-47599 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 open-source kernel module where an unprivileged local user could cause improper preservation of memory access permissions during DMA mapping. A successful exploit of this vulnerability might lead to code execution, escalation of privileges, denial of service, information disclosure, and data tampering.
Weakness: CWE-281
Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-47599?
How do I fix CVE-2026-47599?
Apply the vendor's patch.
Is CVE-2026-47599 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-47599 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2026-47599, GHSA-v4fm-m6gv-jvp3, UBUNTU-CVE-2026-47599.