CVE-2026-24194
Published: 26 May 2026
Summary
CVE-2026-24194 is a high-severity Improper Preservation of Permissions (CWE-281) 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 7.1th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2026-31932
Vulnerability details
NVIDIA Display Driver for Linux contains a vulnerability in a kernel mode layer handler, where a user could cause improper permission handling. A successful exploit of this vulnerability might lead to denial of service, escalation of privileges, information disclosure, data…
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tampering, and code execution.
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Why these techniques?
Vulnerability in Linux kernel-mode display driver enables local privilege escalation via improper permission handling (CWE-281).
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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.
Forces removal or modification of permissions no longer required after reassignment, preventing improper preservation of old access rights.