CVE-2026-65131 Missing authorization in NVSentinel
Unauthenticated access to NVSentinel's gRPC interface via a world-writable socket allows attackers to cause denial of service.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- An administrator
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2026-65131?
CVE-2026-65131 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in NVIDIA NVSentinel, published on 13 Oct 2026. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
NVIDIA NVSentinel for Linux contains a vulnerability in the platform-connectors component, where the gRPC health-event interface, exposed over a world-writable Unix domain socket, lacks authentication. A successful exploit of this vulnerability might lead to denial of service.
Weakness: CWE-306
Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-65131?
How do I fix CVE-2026-65131?
No fix has been published for CVE-2026-65131 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, and check permissions on every request on the server, not only in the interface. More about Missing authorization.
Is CVE-2026-65131 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-65131 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-p7jh-2q67-m86v.