7.8High
Nvidia Cumulus Linux
CVE-2026-24183
NVIDIA Cumulus Linux contains a vulnerability in the user management component, where an unprivileged user could use improper privilege management on the system. A successful exploit of this vulnerability might lead to escalation of privileges.
What this means for your business
- It affects Nvidia Cumulus Linux. It matters if your company, or a supplier that handles your data, runs it.
- An attacker can use it only with access to the machine itself, with an ordinary user login, and without anyone at your company clicking anything.
- FIRST's prediction model gives it a 0.1% chance of attack attempts being seen in the next 30 days, ranking above 2% of all known flaws.
What to do
- 1Check whether your company or your suppliers run Nvidia Cumulus Linux, and which version. The affected versions are listed further down this page.
- 2If you do, apply the vendor's fix. A patch or vendor advisory has been published.
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Scoring
- CVSS
- 7.8 (v3.1)
- Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H- Weakness
- CWE-250
- Assigned by
- psirt@nvidia.com
Dates
- Published
- 2026-08-18
- Last modified
- 2026-09-02
- Sources
- NVD
Affected products
- Nvidia Cumulus Linux5.15.0
As listed in the NVD configuration data. Not a statement about your estate.