NVIDIA NVSentinel gRPC health-event interface lacks authentication
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Local
- Privileges required
- High
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Security bypass
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- None · None · High
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-306.
Summary
NVIDIA NVSentinel for Linux version 1.19.0 has a flaw in its platform-connectors component. The gRPC health-event interface is exposed over a world-writable Unix domain socket and lacks authentication (CWE-306). A local attacker with high privileges can cause a denial of service.
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-11-06
Description from the CNA
NVIDIA NVSentinel for Linux contains a vulnerability in the platform-connectors component, where the gRPC health-event interface, exposed over a world-writable Unix domain socket, lacks authentication. A successful exploit of this vulnerability might lead to denial of service.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
Remediation
No fixed version is listed for NVIDIA NVSentinel.
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-11-06
Vendor assessments
Timeline
- 2026-10-13 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-65131
- 2026-10-13 Alias added: GHSA-p7jh-2q67-m86v
- 2026-11-06 Affected versions changed · Red Hat
- 2026-11-06 CVSS score added · Red Hat
References
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Sources
- CVE-2026-65131 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-65131 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-p7jh-2q67-m86v · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2026-65131 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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