Unauthenticated privilege escalation via undisclosed authentication bypass
Published May 20, 2026 · Updated May 20, 2026
Authentication bypass in NVIDIA Triton Inference Server before r26.03 allows remote attackers to gain unauthorized access over the network. NVIDIA has not disclosed the affected authentication locus or how a crafted request reaches an alternate path or channel without the required check. No credentials or user interaction are required; successful exploitation permits limited information disclosure, privilege escalation, or service interruption.
Summary
What happened
Authentication bypass in NVIDIA Triton Inference Server before r26.03 allows remote attackers to gain unauthorized access over the network. NVIDIA has not disclosed the affected authentication locus or how a crafted request reaches an alternate path or channel without the required check. No credentials or user interaction are required; successful exploitation permits limited information disclosure, privilege escalation, or service interruption.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2026-24206
- Published
- May 20, 2026
- Updated
- May 20, 2026
- Vendor
- DPDK Project
- Product
- Triton Inference Server
- Classifications
- CWE-288, T1190
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- unauthenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- May 20, 2026CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- May 20, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
Exploitability
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- Affected versionversion=0 <r26.03
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