Quick answers
- Is CVE-2026-16478 exploited in the wild?
- No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-2026-16478 being exploited in the wild.
- How severe is CVE-2026-16478?
- High severity, with a CVSS score of 7, published 10 November 2026.
- Which products and versions are affected?
- TÜBİTAK BİLGEM Pardus-Nvidia-Installer before 2.0.1.
- Is there a fix for CVE-2026-16478?
- Yes: fixed in 2.0.1. Junglewise finds every place you run it, drafts the upgrade and applies it once you approve.
- How is CVE-2026-16478 attacked?
- It is attacked with local access, in a software library.
- Am I affected by CVE-2026-16478?
- Check whether you run TÜBİTAK BİLGEM Pardus-Nvidia-Installer at an affected version. Junglewise does that check for you around the clock: connect your code, cloud and domains, and it matches new vulnerabilities like this one against what you actually run and tells you when one reaches you.
How to fix
- Fixed in: 2.0.1
Technical details
A permissive list of allowed inputs in pardus-nvidia-installer allows privilege escalation via improper input validation. The vulnerability requires local access and allows an unprivileged user to gain root-level code execution. A fix is available in version 2.0.1 and later.
Affected products
- TÜBİTAK BİLGEM pardus-nvidia-installer before 2.0.1
Timeline
- 2026-11-10: disclosed