CVE-2026-24198: CWE-200 Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor in NVIDIA GeForce
NVIDIA GPU Display Driver for Linux contains a vulnerability where an advanced attacker could use a race condition to leak sensitive memory, which might cause limited exposure of sensitive information to an unauthorized actor. A successful exploit of this vulnerability might lead to denial of service, data tampering, and information disclosure.
AI Analysis
Technical Summary
CVE-2026-24198 is a medium severity vulnerability (CVSS 5.6) in NVIDIA GeForce GPU Display Driver for Linux. It involves a race condition that can cause exposure of sensitive information (CWE-200) to unauthorized actors. Exploitation requires local access with high privileges and does not involve user interaction. The vulnerability may also result in denial of service and data tampering. Affected versions include all driver versions prior to 595.71.05. No vendor advisory or patch information is currently available.
Potential Impact
Successful exploitation could lead to limited exposure of sensitive information, denial of service conditions, and data tampering on affected systems. The attacker must have high privileges and local access to exploit this vulnerability. There are no known exploits in the wild at this time.
Mitigation Recommendations
Patch status is not yet confirmed — check the vendor advisory for current remediation guidance. Until an official fix is released, restrict high-privilege local access to trusted users only to reduce risk.
CVE-2026-24198: CWE-200 Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor in NVIDIA GeForce
Description
NVIDIA GPU Display Driver for Linux contains a vulnerability where an advanced attacker could use a race condition to leak sensitive memory, which might cause limited exposure of sensitive information to an unauthorized actor. A successful exploit of this vulnerability might lead to denial of service, data tampering, and information disclosure.
CVSS v3.1
Score 5.6medium
Weaknesses
AI-Powered Analysis
Machine-generated threat intelligence
Technical Analysis
CVE-2026-24198 is a medium severity vulnerability (CVSS 5.6) in NVIDIA GeForce GPU Display Driver for Linux. It involves a race condition that can cause exposure of sensitive information (CWE-200) to unauthorized actors. Exploitation requires local access with high privileges and does not involve user interaction. The vulnerability may also result in denial of service and data tampering. Affected versions include all driver versions prior to 595.71.05. No vendor advisory or patch information is currently available.
Potential Impact
Successful exploitation could lead to limited exposure of sensitive information, denial of service conditions, and data tampering on affected systems. The attacker must have high privileges and local access to exploit this vulnerability. There are no known exploits in the wild at this time.
Mitigation Recommendations
Patch status is not yet confirmed — check the vendor advisory for current remediation guidance. Until an official fix is released, restrict high-privilege local access to trusted users only to reduce risk.
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: 6a15e037891d628fdc67d89f
Added to database: 5/26/2026, 6:02:31 PM
Last enriched: 5/26/2026, 6:33:09 PM
Last updated: 5/26/2026, 10:49:41 PM
Views: 6
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