CVE-2026-24166

Privilege escalation via hard-coded session key

Published Aug 25, 2026 · Updated Aug 25, 2026

Hard-coded key use in NVIDIA UFM Enterprise session management allows local users to extract information and escalate privileges. The component relies on a hard-coded cryptographic key that permits information extraction; NVIDIA has not disclosed the key's storage locus or exact extraction path. Exploitation requires local access and high-complexity conditions, with no user interaction or prior application privileges.

CVSS severity5.1
Medium
EPSS probability0.15%
Next 30 days · Sep 16, 2026
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
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Summary

What happened

Hard-coded key use in NVIDIA UFM Enterprise session management allows local users to extract information and escalate privileges. The component relies on a hard-coded cryptographic key that permits information extraction; NVIDIA has not disclosed the key's storage locus or exact extraction path. Exploitation requires local access and high-complexity conditions, with no user interaction or prior application privileges.

The record

CVE
CVE-2026-24166
Published
Aug 25, 2026
Updated
Aug 25, 2026
Vendor
DPDK Project
Product
NVIDIA UFM Enterprise
Classifications
CWE-321
Attack vector
local
Privileges
unauthenticated

Timeline

How it unfolded

  1. Aug 25, 2026CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
  2. Aug 25, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.

Exploitability

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  1. Affected versionversion=All GA versions prior to 6.24.1-5
  2. Affected versionversion=All LTS versions prior to 6.15.17
  3. Affected versionversion=All LTS versions prior to 6.19.15
  4. Affected versionversion=All LTS versions prior to 6.23.20-3

What conditions does exploitation require?

Attack vectorlocal
Required privilegesunauthenticated

What is affected?

DPDK Project · NVIDIA UFM Enterpriseversion=All GA versions prior to 6.24.1-5; version=All LTS versions prior to 6.15.17; version=All LTS versions prior to 6.19.15; version=All LTS versions prior to 6.23.20-3

Published CVSS scores

5.1NVIDIACVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

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Attacks

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Sep 10, 2026Sep 16, 2026
Latest reporting daySep 16, 2026
Latest daily unique IPsUnavailable
Prior 30-day averageUnavailable
SourceShadowserver honeypots (KEV)
Vectorlocal
Privilegesunauthenticated
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
Public exploitUnconfirmed

Weakness, pattern, technique

CWE-321Use of Hard-coded Cryptographic Key

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