NVIDIA Virtual GPU Manager contains a vulnerability in the vGPU plugin in which…
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Local
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · High
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA.
Summary
NVIDIA Virtual GPU Manager contains a vulnerability in the vGPU plugin in which guest-supplied parameters remain writable by the guest after the plugin has validated them, which may lead to the guest being able to pass invalid parameters to plugin handlers, which may lead to denial of service or escalation of privileges. This affects vGPU version 8.x (prior to 8.5), version 10.x (prior to 10.4) and version 11.0.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NVIDIA | NVIDIA vGPU Software | vGPU version 8.x (prior to 8.5), version 10.x (prior to 10.4) and version 11.0. | — | No fix listed | CNA |
- NVIDIA vGPU Software VendorNVIDIA Affected vGPU version 8.x (prior to 8.5), version 10.x (prior to 10.4) and version 11.0. Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2020-5987
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-6xgm-jh2v-38xm
References
More NVIDIA Virtual Gpu Manager vulnerabilities
- TI-2021-00812 Improper input validation in NVIDIA Virtual GPU Software CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.8
- TI-2021-00811 NVIDIA vGPU software contains a vulnerability in the guest kernel mode driver and Virtual… CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.8
- TI-2021-00810 NVIDIA vGPU software contains a vulnerability in the Virtual GPU Manager (vGPU plugin)… CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.8
- TI-2021-00809 NVIDIA vGPU software contains a vulnerability in the guest kernel mode driver and Virtual… CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.8
- TI-2021-00808 Improper input validation in NVIDIA Virtual GPU Software CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.8
- TI-2021-00791 Out-of-bounds read in NVIDIA Virtual GPU Manager CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.8
Sources
- CVE-2020-5987 · CVE Program
- CVE-2020-5987 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-6xgm-jh2v-38xm · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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