pardus-nvidia-installer up to 2.0.0 privileges management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as very critical was found in TUBITAK BILGEM Software Technologies Research Institute pardus-nvidia-installer up to 2.0.0. This affects an unknown function. The manipulation results in privileges management. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2026-16478. Attacking locally is a requirement. No exploit is available. Upgrading the affected component is advised.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as very critical, was found in TUBITAK BILGEM Software Technologies Research Institute pardus-nvidia-installer up to 2.0.0. Affected is an unknown function. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a privileges management vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-269. The product does not properly assign, modify, track, or check privileges for an actor, creating an unintended sphere of control for that actor. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Permissive list of allowed inputs vulnerability in TÜBİTAK BİLGEM Software Technologies Research Institute pardus-nvidia-installer allows Privilege Escalation. This issue affects pardus-nvidia-installer: before 2.0.1.

The advisory is available at siberguvenlik.gov.tr. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2026-16478 since 07/21/2026. The exploitability is told to be easy. Local access is required to approach this attack. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. The structure of the vulnerability defines a possible price range of USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 11/10/2026). This vulnerability is assigned to T1068 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

Upgrading to version 2.0.1 eliminates this vulnerability.

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CPE 2.3info

CPE 2.2info

CVSSv4info

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CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.9
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 7.7

VulDB Base Score: 8.8
VulDB Temp Score: 8.4
VulDB Vector: 🔒
VulDB Reliability: 🔍

CNA Base Score: 7.0
CNA Vector (TR-CERT): 🔒

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Privileges management
CWE: CWE-269 / CWE-266
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ATT&CK: 🔒

Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: No

Availability: 🔒
Status: Not defined
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Threat Intelligenceinfo

Interest: 🔍
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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
Status: 🔍

0-Day Time: 🔒

Upgrade: pardus-nvidia-installer 2.0.1

Timelineinfo

07/21/2026 CVE reserved
11/10/2026 +112 days Advisory disclosed
11/10/2026 +0 days VulDB entry created
11/10/2026 +0 days VulDB entry last update

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: siberguvenlik.gov.tr
Status: Confirmed

CNA: TR-CERT
CVE: CVE-2026-16478 (🔒)

GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2026-16478
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-433650

Entryinfo

Created: 11/10/2026 14:07
Changes: 11/10/2026 14:07 (62)
Complete: 🔍
Cache ID: 216::103

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