CVE-2025-23276: NVIDIA GPU Display Drivers · Exposed Files or Directories
Affects NVIDIA GPU Display DriversSource CVE Database V5
Not known to be exploited · CVSS 7.8 High.
Data as of 26 Oct 2026, 10:12 UTC
- EPSS
- 0.1% chance of exploitation in 30 days – higher than 8% of CVEsExploit Prediction Scoring System: the likelihood attackers will use this flaw soon.
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HExploitation evidence
Disclosed: evidence found.
CVE published 2 Aug 2025
Detectable: no evidence on record.
No public nuclei template indexed
Weaponised: no evidence on record.
No public exploit code indexed in Metasploit or Exploit-DB
Exploited in the wildExploited: no evidence on record.
Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation
Observed by OffSeq MirageSeen by Mirage: no evidence on record.
No attack traffic recorded by OffSeq Mirage sensors
A missing step is not evidence of safety. Sources: cve.org (opens in a new tab), the Metasploit, Exploit-DB and nuclei-templates index as of 26 Oct 2026.
What to do
AI-suggested
- Monitor NVIDIA's official channels closely for the release of security patches addressing CVE-2025-23276 and apply them immediately upon availability.
- Until patches are available, restrict local access to systems with affected NVIDIA GPU drivers by enforcing strict user account controls and limiting administrative privileges.
- Employ application whitelisting and endpoint protection solutions to detect and block unauthorized attempts to exploit the installer or related components.
- Audit and monitor file system permissions related to NVIDIA installer directories and files to ensure they are not accessible by unprivileged users.
- Implement robust logging and alerting mechanisms to detect suspicious activities indicative of privilege escalation attempts.
- In environments where GPU drivers are critical, consider isolating affected systems or using virtualization/containerization to limit potential impact.
- Educate system administrators and users about the risks of local privilege escalation vulnerabilities and the importance of maintaining updated software.
- Review and harden group policies and local security policies to minimize the attack surface related to installer execution and file access. These targeted measures go beyond generic patching advice by focusing on access control, monitoring, and proactive defense until official fixes are deployed.
Description
NVIDIA Installer for Windows contains a vulnerability where an attacker may be able to escalate privileges. A successful exploit of this vulnerability may lead to escalation of privileges, denial of service, code execution, information disclosure and data tampering.