NVIDIA GeForce/RTX/Quadro/NVS/Tesla Kernel Mode Layer input validation
| CVSS Meta Temp Score | Current Exploit Price (≈) | CTI Interest Score |
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| 7.4 | $0-$5k | 0.64 |
Summary
A vulnerability, which was classified as very critical, was found in NVIDIA GeForce, RTX, Quadro, NVS and Tesla. The impacted element is an unknown function of the component Kernel Mode Layer. Such manipulation leads to input validation. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2026-47543. Local access is required to approach this attack. No exploit exists.
Details
A vulnerability was found in NVIDIA GeForce, RTX, Quadro, NVS and Tesla and classified as very critical. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the component Kernel Mode Layer. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a input validation vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-20. The product receives input or data, but it does
not validate or incorrectly validates that the input has the
properties that are required to process the data safely and
correctly. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:
VIDIA GPU Display Driver for Windows and Linux contains a vulnerability in the kernel mode layer where an attacker could cause improper input validation. A successful exploit of this vulnerability might lead to code execution, denial of service, escalation of privileges, information disclosure, and data tampering.
This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2026-47543 since 05/19/2026. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack needs to be approached locally. Additional levels of successful authentication are required for exploitation. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The current price for an exploit might be approx. USD $0-$5k (estimation calculated on 09/30/2026).
There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.
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Product
Type
Vendor
Name
License
Website
- Vendor: https://www.nvidia.com/
CPE 2.3
CPE 2.2
CVSSv4
VulDB Vector: 🔒VulDB Reliability: 🔍
CVSSv3
VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.4VulDB Meta Temp Score: 7.4
VulDB Base Score: 8.2
VulDB Temp Score: 8.2
VulDB Vector: 🔒
VulDB Reliability: 🔍
CNA Base Score: 6.7
CNA Vector (nvidia): 🔒
CVSSv2
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Exploiting
Class: Input validationCWE: CWE-20
CAPEC: 🔒
ATT&CK: 🔒
Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: No
Availability: 🔒
Status: Not defined
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Threat Intelligence
Interest: 🔍Active Actors: 🔍
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Countermeasures
Recommended: no mitigation knownStatus: 🔍
0-Day Time: 🔒
Timeline
05/19/2026 CVE reserved09/30/2026 Advisory disclosed
09/30/2026 VulDB entry created
09/30/2026 VulDB entry last update
Sources
Vendor: nvidia.comStatus: Confirmed
CVE: CVE-2026-47543 (🔒)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2026-47543
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-412232
Entry
Created: 09/30/2026 18:39Changes: 09/30/2026 18:39 (60)
Complete: 🔍
Cache ID: 216::103
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