Quick answers
- Is CVE-2026-47579 exploited in the wild?
- No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-2026-47579 being exploited in the wild.
- How severe is CVE-2026-47579?
- High severity, with a CVSS score of 7.8, published 30 September 2026.
- Which products and versions are affected?
- Nvidia GPU Display Driver <unknown>.
- Is there a fix for CVE-2026-47579?
- 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-2026-47579 attacked?
- It is attacked with local access, in device firmware.
- Am I affected by CVE-2026-47579?
- Check whether you run Nvidia GPU Display Driver 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.
Technical details
A use-after-free condition exists in the NVIDIA GPU Display Driver's kernel mode driver, exploitable by local users. The vulnerability enables attackers to trigger memory access after deallocation, which can result in code execution with kernel privileges, privilege escalation, denial of service, information disclosure, and data tampering.
Affected products
- NVIDIA GPU Display Driver <unknown>
Timeline
- 2026-09-30: disclosed