# CVE-2026-24181: NVIDIA DALI improper index validation

Source: https://junglewise.ai/threats/cve-2026-24181-nvidia-dali-improper-index-validation  
Publisher: Junglewise Threat Intelligence, https://junglewise.ai/threats  
Published: 2026-06-09. Updated: 2026-06-09  
License: CC BY 4.0 with a link back

CVE-2026-24181 · Severity: high · CVSS 7.3 · Published 2026-06-09

NVIDIA DALI, a library used to accelerate data loading and pre-processing for deep learning applications, contains a security vulnerability. An attacker with local access to a system could exploit this flaw to gain unauthorized control, modify sensitive data, or cause the application to crash. This could lead to a full system compromise or disruption of critical AI training and inference workflows.

Technologies: [Nvidia DALI](https://junglewise.ai/threats/technologies/dali). Vendors: [Nvidia](https://junglewise.ai/threats/vendors/nvidia).

## Quick answers

**Is CVE-2026-24181 exploited in the wild?** No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-2026-24181 being exploited in the wild.

**How severe is CVE-2026-24181?** High severity, with a CVSS score of 7.3, published 9 June 2026.

**Which products and versions are affected?** NVIDIA DALI.

**Is there a fix for CVE-2026-24181?** No fixed version is recorded yet. Check the vendor's advisory in the references below. If you run it, Junglewise drafts a mitigation that fits your setup and applies it once you approve, with senior security engineers behind it.

**How is CVE-2026-24181 attacked?** It is attacked with local access, in a software library.

**Am I affected by CVE-2026-24181?** Check whether you run Nvidia DALI. 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.

## Technical details

A vulnerability exists in NVIDIA DALI due to improper validation of an array index (CWE-129). An attacker with local access and low privileges can exploit this flaw, though it requires some level of user interaction. Successful exploitation allows for out-of-bounds memory access, which can be leveraged to achieve arbitrary code execution, bypass security protections to disclose information, or cause a denial of service through application crashes. The vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2026-24181 and has been assigned a CVSS v3.1 base score of 7.3.

## Affected products

- NVIDIA DALI

## Timeline

- 2026-06-09: disclosed
- 2026-06-09: advisory

## References

- [https://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/5814](https://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/5814)
- [https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-24181](https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-24181)

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