CVE-2026-24190
Published: 26 May 2026
Summary
CVE-2026-24190 is a high-severity Missing Authorization (CWE-862) vulnerability in Nvidia Gpu Display Driver. Its CVSS base score is 7.8 (High).
Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Exploitation for Privilege Escalation (T1068); ranked at the 8.4th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2026-31930
Vulnerability details
NVIDIA Display Driver for Windows and Linux contains a vulnerability in the kernel mode layer, where a user could cause improper access to GPU resources. A successful exploit of this vulnerability might lead to denial of service, escalation of privileges,…
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information disclosure, data tampering, and code execution.
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Related Threats
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise TechniquesAI
Why these techniques?
Kernel-mode driver vulnerability with missing authorization (CWE-862) directly enables local exploitation for privilege escalation (T1068) and client-side code execution (T1203); secondary effects like DoS map less directly to Enterprise techniques.
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Mitigating Controls
Likely Mitigating Controls AI
Per-CVE control mapping for this CVE has not run yet; the list below is derived from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry.
Requiring an access control policy ensures authorization checks are defined and applied for critical functions.
Reviews of access controls detect missing authorization checks on critical functions or resources.
Documenting permitted unauthenticated actions prevents missing authorization by making all exceptions explicit and subject to organizational review.
Requiring attribute association with information prevents authorization from being performed without necessary security or privacy context.
Mandating authorization prior to allowing remote connections addresses missing authorization for remote access.
Mandating authorization before wireless connections are allowed prevents missing authorization for wireless access.
The control requires authorization before allowing mobile device connections, directly mitigating missing authorization for system access.
Requiring approvals for account creation and specifying authorizations ensures authorization is not missing for system access.