Medium severity · published Sep 30, 2026
CVE-2026-47581
NVIDIA GPU Display Driver for Windows contains a vulnerability in the kernel module where a user could cause improper locking
5.5
CVSS
0.1%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
NVIDIA GPU Display Driver for Windows contains a vulnerability in the kernel module where a user could cause improper locking. A successful exploit of this vulnerability might lead to denial of service.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.1% · higher than 0% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
GE
GeForce · NVIDIA
All driver versions prior to 610.60; All driver versions prior to 616.56; All driver versions prior to 582.78 Only GPUs based on the NVIDIA Maxwell, Volta, and Pascal GPU architectures are affected. · source: vendor
RQ
RTX, Quadro, NVS · NVIDIA
All driver versions prior to 610.88; All driver versions prior to 616.92; All driver versions prior to 582.78; All driver versions prior to 596.86 · source: vendor
TE
Tesla · NVIDIA
All driver versions prior to 596.86; All driver versions prior to 596.86; All driver versions prior to 616.92; All driver versions prior to 610.88 · source: vendor
VG
Virtual GPU Manager · NVIDIA
596.38(All versions prior to and including vGPU 20.1); 582.51(All versions prior to and including vGPU 19.5) · source: vendor
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-47581
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-47581
nvd.nist.gov
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-47581
www.cve.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-47581
github.com
https://github.com/NVIDIA/product-security/tree/main/2026/5861
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