PrivEsc via Auth Bypass in NVIDIA GPU Display Driver (Windows)
CVE-2026-47571 Published on September 30, 2026
NVIDIA GPU Display Driver for Windows contains a vulnerability in kernel-mode escape handling where an attacker with local access could bypass an authorization check that is intended to restrict certain operations based on client execution context. A successful exploit of this vulnerability might lead to escalation of privilege, information disclosure, data tampering, denial of service, or code execution.
Vulnerability Analysis
CVE-2026-47571 can be exploited 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 be very high.
Weakness Type
What is an AuthZ Vulnerability?
The software performs an authorization check when an actor attempts to access a resource or perform an action, but it does not correctly perform the check. This allows attackers to bypass intended access restrictions.
CVE-2026-47571 has been classified to as an AuthZ vulnerability or weakness.
Products Associated with CVE-2026-47571
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Affected Versions
NVIDIA GeForce:- Version All driver versions prior to 610.60 is affected.
- Version All driver versions prior to 610.88 is affected.
- Version All driver versions prior to 616.56 is affected.
- Version All driver versions prior to 616.92 is affected.
- Version All driver versions prior to 582.78 Only GPUs based on the NVIDIA Maxwell, Volta, and Pascal GPU architectures are affected. is affected.
- Version All driver versions prior to 582.78 is affected.
- Version All driver versions prior to 596.86 is affected.
- Version All driver versions prior to 596.86 is affected.
- Version All driver versions prior to 596.86 is affected.
- Version All driver versions prior to 616.92 is affected.
- Version All driver versions prior to 610.88 is affected.
- Version 596.36(All versions prior to and including vGPU 20.1) is affected.
- Version 582.53(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.