Raw vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:HSummary
CVE-2026-24154 is a high-severity OS Command Injection (CWE-78) vulnerability in Nvidia Jetson Linux. Its CVSS base score is 7.6 (High).
Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Command and Scripting Interpreter (T1059); ranked at the 17th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
The strongest mitigations our analysis identified map to SA-11 (Developer Testing and Evaluation) and SI-10 (Information Input Validation) — see the control section below for these in your framework.
Deeper analysis AI-assisted summary
Synthesised by an AI model from the NVD description and linked references — a reading aid, not an authoritative source.
CVE-2026-24154 is a vulnerability in the initrd component of NVIDIA Jetson Linux, stemming from CWE-78 (OS Command Injection). It allows an unprivileged attacker with physical access to inject incorrect command line arguments during the boot process. The issue received a CVSS v3.1 base score of 7.6 (AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H) and was published on 2026-03-31.
An unprivileged attacker with physical access to the device can exploit this vulnerability with low complexity and no user interaction required. Successful exploitation may result in arbitrary code execution, privilege escalation, denial of service, data tampering, or information disclosure, potentially compromising the entire system due to the changed scope.
Mitigation details are available in official advisories, including the NVIDIA security bulletin at https://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/5797, the NVD entry at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-24154, and the CVE record at https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-24154. Security practitioners should consult these resources for patch information and recommended remediation steps.
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EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2026-17514
Vulnerability Data
NVIDIA Jetson Linux has vulnerability in initrd, where an unprivileged attacker with physical access coul inject incorrect command line arguments. A successful exploit of this vulnerability might lead to code execution, escalation of privileges, denial of service, data tampering, and…
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Mitigating Controls (NIST 800-53 r5) AI
Developer testing and evaluation can discover missing or incorrect command sanitization during development.
Input validation directly neutralizes or rejects special characters that would otherwise alter OS command structure.
Least privilege reduces the permissions available to any process that could be subverted by injected commands.
Least functionality restricts available OS commands and interpreters, limiting the blast radius of injection.
Secure engineering principles require proper neutralization of untrusted input before command construction.
Mitigating Controls (NIST CSF 2.0) AI
Derived directly from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry via our AI-authored CWE→CSF cross-walk (authority under review) — links open the control.
PR.PS-06's SDLC practices directly require secure coding and input handling that blocks command-injection defects, yet the single broad outcome leaves many specific neutralization vectors and verification gaps unaddressed.
Routine patching/maintenance can remediate known command-injection CVEs in dependencies (partial forward) but does nothing to stop developers from introducing improper neutralization in custom code (none reverse).
Mitigating Controls (ISO/IEC 27001:2022 Annex A) AI
Derived directly from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry via our AI-authored CWE→ISO cross-walk (authority under review) — links open the control.
Security testing and code review target insecure use of operating-system command interfaces, catching command-injection flaws introduced during development.