CVE-2026-24183 PUBLISHED

Assigner: nvidia
Reserved: 21.01.2026 Published: 18.08.2026 Updated: 18.08.2026

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.1

CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS Score: 7.8

Attack Vector	Local	Scope	Unchanged
Attack Complexity	Low	Confidentiality Impact	High
Privileges Required	Low	Integrity Impact	High
User Interaction	None	Availability Impact	High

CVSS 3.1

Product Status

Vendor	NVIDIA
Product	Cumulus Linux GA
Versions	Default: unaffected Version 5.15 is affected

References

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-24183
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-24183
https://github.com/NVIDIA/product-security/tree/main/2026/5817

Problem Types

CWE-250 Execution with Unnecessary Privileges CWE

Impacts

escalation of privileges