UEFI administrator-password bypass via undisclosed protection failure
Published Aug 25, 2026 · Updated Aug 26, 2026
Authentication bypass in NVIDIA DGX Spark 0 through 1.110.12 allows local users to bypass UEFI administrator password protection. NVIDIA has not disclosed the UEFI locus or the protection check that fails. Exploitation requires privileged local access and permits changes to password-protected firmware settings without the administrator password.
Summary
What happened
Authentication bypass in NVIDIA DGX Spark 0 through 1.110.12 allows local users to bypass UEFI administrator password protection. NVIDIA has not disclosed the UEFI locus or the protection check that fails. Exploitation requires privileged local access and permits changes to password-protected firmware settings without the administrator password.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2026-47624
- Published
- Aug 25, 2026
- Updated
- Aug 26, 2026
- Vendor
- DPDK Project
- Product
- DGX Spark
- Classifications
- CWE-693, T1542.001
- Attack vector
- local
- Privileges
- admin
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Aug 25, 2026CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Aug 26, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
Exploitability
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- Affected versionversion=0 to 1.110.12
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