---
id: CVE-2026-47496
title: >-
  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
summary: >-
  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 thi…
severity: high
cvss: 7.3
cvssVector: 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:H'
cwe:
  - CWE-787
vendor: NVIDIA
product: Virtual GPU Manager
affected:
  - virtual_gpu_manager 595.71.03(All versions prior to and including vGPU 20.1)
  - >-
    virtual_gpu_manager 580.159.01(All versions prior to and including vGPU
    19.5)
  - virtual_gpu_manager 596.38(All versions prior to and including vGPU 20.1)
  - virtual_gpu_manager 582.51(All versions prior to and including vGPU 19.5)
published: '2026-09-30'
updated: '2026-10-01'
sourceUpdated: '2026-10-01T04:18:05.850'
source: NVD
sourceUrl: 'https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-47496'
references:
  - url: 'https://github.com/NVIDIA/product-security/tree/main/2026/5861'
    label: psirt@nvidia.com
  - url: 'https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-47496'
    label: psirt@nvidia.com
  - url: 'https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-47496'
    label: psirt@nvidia.com
  - url: >-
      https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2026/cve-2026-47496.json
  - url: 'https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-47496'
  - url: 'https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2544112'
tags:
  - nvd
  - cve.org
  - csaf
  - vex
  - red-hat
ssvc:
  exploitation: none
  automatable: 'no'
  technicalImpact: total
  timestamp: '2026-09-30T16:15:04.676660Z'
ingestedAt: '2026-09-30T16:10:06.896Z'
epss: 0.00117
epssPercentile: 0.01654
---

## Overview

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.

## Remediation

Refer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.

## Vendor advisories

- **Red Hat VEX** · Important · affected: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 · no fix planned: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 · updated 2026-09-30 · [vex](https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2026/cve-2026-47496.json)