NVIDIA GPU Display Driver for Windows contains a vulnerability in the kernel module where a user could cause improper locking. A successful exploit of this vulnerability might lead to denial of service.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

No EPSS score available.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions
NVIDIA GeForce unaffected
Version Status Constraints
All driver versions prior to 610.60 affected —
NVIDIA RTX, Quadro, NVS unaffected
Version Status Constraints
All driver versions prior to 610.88 affected —
NVIDIA GeForce unaffected
Version Status Constraints
All driver versions prior to 616.56 affected —
NVIDIA RTX, Quadro, NVS unaffected
Version Status Constraints
All driver versions prior to 616.92 affected —
NVIDIA GeForce unaffected
Version Status Constraints
All driver versions prior to 582.78 Only GPUs based on the NVIDIA Maxwell, Volta, and Pascal GPU architectures are affected. affected —
NVIDIA RTX, Quadro, NVS unaffected
Version Status Constraints
All driver versions prior to 582.78 affected —
NVIDIA RTX, Quadro, NVS unaffected
Version Status Constraints
All driver versions prior to 596.86 affected —
NVIDIA Tesla unaffected
Version Status Constraints
All driver versions prior to 596.86 affected —
NVIDIA Tesla unaffected
Version Status Constraints
All driver versions prior to 596.86 affected —
NVIDIA Tesla unaffected
Version Status Constraints
All driver versions prior to 616.92 affected —
NVIDIA Tesla unaffected
Version Status Constraints
All driver versions prior to 610.88 affected —
NVIDIA Virtual GPU Manager unaffected
Version Status Constraints
596.38(All versions prior to and including vGPU 20.1) affected —
NVIDIA Virtual GPU Manager unaffected
Version Status Constraints
582.51(All versions prior to and including vGPU 19.5) affected —

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References
Link Providers
https://github.com/NVIDIA/product-security/tree/main/2026/5861 cve-icon cve-icon
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-47581 cve-icon cve-icon
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-47581 cve-icon cve-icon
History

Wed, 30 Sep 2026 18:30:00 +0000

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Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

Wed, 30 Sep 2026 18:15:00 +0000

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Title Kernel Module Improper Locking in NVIDIA GPU Display Driver Leads to Denial of Service

Wed, 30 Sep 2026 16:00:00 +0000

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Description NVIDIA GPU Display Driver for Windows contains a vulnerability in the kernel module where a user could cause improper locking. A successful exploit of this vulnerability might lead to denial of service.
Weaknesses CWE-667
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 5.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H'}

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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: nvidia

Published:

Updated: 2026-09-30T17:59:45.556Z

Reserved: 2026-05-19T19:55:48.350Z

Link: CVE-2026-47581

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-09-30T17:55:31.996Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2026-09-30T16:17:27.563

Modified: 2026-09-30T18:18:33.253

Link: CVE-2026-47581

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cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-09-30T18:00:17Z

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