Nvidia Openshell
CVE-2026-65093
NVIDIA OpenShell for Linux contains a vulnerability where an attacker could cause a sandbox escape. A successful exploit of this vulnerability might lead to code execution, escalation of privileges, data tampering, and information disclosure.
What this means for your business
- It affects Nvidia Openshell. It matters if your company, or a supplier that handles your data, runs it.
- An attacker can use it remotely, over a network, with an ordinary user login, and without anyone at your company clicking anything.
- FIRST's prediction model gives it a 0.5% chance of attack attempts being seen in the next 30 days, ranking above 44% of all known flaws.
What to do
- 1Check whether your company or your suppliers run Nvidia Openshell, 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
- 9.9 (v3.1)
- Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H- Weakness
- CWE-427
- Assigned by
- psirt@nvidia.com
Dates
- Published
- 2026-08-25
- Last modified
- 2026-09-01
- Sources
- NVD
Affected products
- Nvidia Openshell- 0.0.33
- Linux Linux Kernelall versions
As listed in the NVD configuration data. Not a statement about your estate.