CVE-2026-24191: CWE-367 Time-of-check Time-of-use (TOCTOU) Race Condition in NVIDIA GeForce
CVE-2026-24191 is a high-severity vulnerability in the NVIDIA Display Driver for Windows affecting GeForce products prior to version 596.36. It is a time-of-check time-of-use (TOCTOU) race condition that could allow an attacker to cause denial of service, escalate privileges, disclose information, tamper with data, or execute code. The vulnerability requires local access with low privileges and high attack complexity. No official patch or remediation guidance has been provided yet by NVIDIA. There are no known exploits in the wild at this time.
AI Analysis
Technical Summary
This vulnerability is a TOCTOU race condition (CWE-367) in the NVIDIA GeForce display driver for Windows, present in all driver versions prior to 596.36. Exploiting this flaw could enable an attacker with local access and low privileges to perform a range of malicious actions including denial of service, privilege escalation, information disclosure, data tampering, and arbitrary code execution. The CVSS v3.1 base score is 7.8, reflecting high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability, but requiring high attack complexity and local privileges. No official remediation or patch has been documented in the provided data.
Potential Impact
Successful exploitation may lead to denial of service, escalation of privileges, information disclosure, data tampering, and code execution on affected systems running vulnerable NVIDIA GeForce drivers. The vulnerability affects confidentiality, integrity, and availability of the system. However, exploitation requires local access with low privileges and has high attack complexity. No known exploits are reported in the wild.
Mitigation Recommendations
Patch status is not yet confirmed — check the NVIDIA vendor advisory for current remediation guidance. Until an official fix is released, users should limit local access to trusted users and monitor for updates from NVIDIA. No official remediation or temporary workaround is currently documented.
CVE-2026-24191: CWE-367 Time-of-check Time-of-use (TOCTOU) Race Condition in NVIDIA GeForce
Description
CVE-2026-24191 is a high-severity vulnerability in the NVIDIA Display Driver for Windows affecting GeForce products prior to version 596.36. It is a time-of-check time-of-use (TOCTOU) race condition that could allow an attacker to cause denial of service, escalate privileges, disclose information, tamper with data, or execute code. The vulnerability requires local access with low privileges and high attack complexity. No official patch or remediation guidance has been provided yet by NVIDIA. There are no known exploits in the wild at this time.
CVSS v3.1
Score 7.8high
Affected software
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Weaknesses
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Technical Analysis
This vulnerability is a TOCTOU race condition (CWE-367) in the NVIDIA GeForce display driver for Windows, present in all driver versions prior to 596.36. Exploiting this flaw could enable an attacker with local access and low privileges to perform a range of malicious actions including denial of service, privilege escalation, information disclosure, data tampering, and arbitrary code execution. The CVSS v3.1 base score is 7.8, reflecting high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability, but requiring high attack complexity and local privileges. No official remediation or patch has been documented in the provided data.
Potential Impact
Successful exploitation may lead to denial of service, escalation of privileges, information disclosure, data tampering, and code execution on affected systems running vulnerable NVIDIA GeForce drivers. The vulnerability affects confidentiality, integrity, and availability of the system. However, exploitation requires local access with low privileges and has high attack complexity. No known exploits are reported in the wild.
Mitigation Recommendations
Patch status is not yet confirmed — check the NVIDIA vendor advisory for current remediation guidance. Until an official fix is released, users should limit local access to trusted users and monitor for updates from NVIDIA. No official remediation or temporary workaround is currently documented.
Technical Details
- Data Version
- 5.2
- Assigner Short Name
- nvidia
- Date Reserved
- 2026-01-21T19:09:34.079Z
- Cvss Version
- 3.1
- State
- PUBLISHED
- Remediation Level
- null
Threat ID: 6a15e035891d628fdc67d37c
Added to database: 05/26/2026, 18:02:29 UTC
Last enriched: 06/02/2026, 21:13:29 UTC
Last updated: 07/31/2026, 19:22:58 UTC
Views: 58
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