CVE-2026-47496 is a vulnerability in NVIDIA Virtual Gpu Manager
Published on September 30, 2026
NVIDIA GPU Display Driver for Linux contains a vulnerability in the Virtual GPU Manager (vGPU plugin) where a guest VM user may cause an out-of-bounds write by sending a specially crafted RPC call to the host. A successful exploit of this vulnerability might lead to escalation of privileges, data tampering, and denial of service.
Vulnerability Analysis
CVE-2026-47496 is exploitable with local system access, and requires small amount of user privileges. This vulnerability is considered to have a low attack complexity. The potential impact of an exploit of this vulnerability is considered to have a small impact on confidentiality, a high impact on integrity and availability.
Weakness Type
What is a Memory Corruption Vulnerability?
The software writes data past the end, or before the beginning, of the intended buffer. Typically, this can result in corruption of data, a crash, or code execution. The software may modify an index or perform pointer arithmetic that references a memory location that is outside of the boundaries of the buffer. A subsequent write operation then produces undefined or unexpected results.
CVE-2026-47496 has been classified to as a Memory Corruption vulnerability or weakness.
Products Associated with CVE-2026-47496
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Affected Versions
NVIDIA Virtual GPU Manager:- Version 595.71.03(All versions prior to and including vGPU 20.1) is affected.
- Version 580.159.01(All versions prior to and including vGPU 19.5) is affected.
- Version 596.38(All versions prior to and including vGPU 20.1) is affected.
- Version 582.51(All versions prior to and including vGPU 19.5) is affected.