Quick answers
- Is CVE-2026-47494 exploited in the wild?
- No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-2026-47494 being exploited in the wild.
- How severe is CVE-2026-47494?
- High severity, with a CVSS score of 7.8, published 30 September 2026.
- Which products and versions are affected?
- NVIDIA GPU Display Driver for Linux.
- Is there a fix for CVE-2026-47494?
- 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-2026-47494 attacked?
- It is attacked with local access.
- Am I affected by CVE-2026-47494?
- Check whether you run Nvidia GPU Display Driver for Linux. 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 format string vulnerability in NVIDIA's GPU display driver for Linux allows a local user to trigger malicious format string processing, potentially leading to information disclosure, code execution, or privilege escalation. The vulnerability requires local access and user interaction with the driver, and exploitation is not currently observed in the wild. A patch from NVIDIA is expected to address this issue.
Affected products
- NVIDIA GPU Display Driver for Linux
Timeline
- 2026-09-30: disclosed