[UPDATE] [high] Nvidia Driver: Multiple vulnerabilities

highCVE-2023-31016 CVE-2023-31017 CVE-2023-31018 CVE-2023-31019 CVE-2023-31020 CVE-2023-31021

A local attacker can exploit multiple vulnerabilities in Nvidia Driver to bypass security measures, disclose confidential information, create a denial-of-service condition, escalate privileges, and manipulate data.

CSIRTS triage

vendor: Nvidia product: Driver Authentication bypass Information disclosure Denial of service Privilege escalation

What: Multiple vulnerabilities in Nvidia Driver enable security bypass, information disclosure, denial of service, privilege escalation, and data manipulation.
Who is affected: Systems with Nvidia drivers and local attacker access.
Urgency: High severity; multiple critical impact classes including security bypass require urgent remediation.
Action: Update Nvidia Driver to patched version addressing CVE-2023-31016 through CVE-2023-31023.

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Details

Source: CERT-Bund (BSI) Security Advisories (DE · national-cert · site)
Severity: high
Published: 2026-08-24
Exploitation: Not in CISA KEV at last sync
Language: Machine-translated to English — verify against the original

Original advisory: https://wid.cert-bund.de/portal/wid/securityadvisory?name=WID-SEC-2023-2792

Exploitation outlook

EPSS (FIRST.org) estimates each CVE’s probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — here is the CSIRTS.com read on those numbers.

Low exploitation riskCVE-2023-310160.21% 30-day exploitation probability — currently an unlikely target, but scores change as exploit code circulates. Riskier than 11% of all EPSS-scored CVEs.
Low exploitation riskCVE-2023-310170.19% 30-day exploitation probability — currently an unlikely target, but scores change as exploit code circulates. Riskier than 9% of all EPSS-scored CVEs.
Low exploitation riskCVE-2023-310180.20% 30-day exploitation probability — currently an unlikely target, but scores change as exploit code circulates. Riskier than 10% of all EPSS-scored CVEs.
Low exploitation riskCVE-2023-310190.17% 30-day exploitation probability — currently an unlikely target, but scores change as exploit code circulates. Riskier than 6% of all EPSS-scored CVEs.
Low exploitation riskCVE-2023-310200.14% 30-day exploitation probability — currently an unlikely target, but scores change as exploit code circulates. Riskier than 4% of all EPSS-scored CVEs.
Low exploitation riskCVE-2023-310210.17% 30-day exploitation probability — currently an unlikely target, but scores change as exploit code circulates. Riskier than 7% of all EPSS-scored CVEs.
Low exploitation riskCVE-2023-310220.21% 30-day exploitation probability — currently an unlikely target, but scores change as exploit code circulates. Riskier than 10% of all EPSS-scored CVEs.
Low exploitation riskCVE-2023-310230.17% 30-day exploitation probability — currently an unlikely target, but scores change as exploit code circulates. Riskier than 7% of all EPSS-scored CVEs.
Low exploitation riskCVE-2023-310260.17% 30-day exploitation probability — currently an unlikely target, but scores change as exploit code circulates. Riskier than 6% of all EPSS-scored CVEs.
Low exploitation riskCVE-2023-310270.20% 30-day exploitation probability — currently an unlikely target, but scores change as exploit code circulates. Riskier than 9% of all EPSS-scored CVEs.

Referenced CVEs

CVE	CSIRTS overview	External
CVE-2023-31016	coverage & exploitation status	NVD · CVE.org
CVE-2023-31017	coverage & exploitation status	NVD · CVE.org
CVE-2023-31018	coverage & exploitation status	NVD · CVE.org
CVE-2023-31019	coverage & exploitation status	NVD · CVE.org
CVE-2023-31020	coverage & exploitation status	NVD · CVE.org
CVE-2023-31021	coverage & exploitation status	NVD · CVE.org
CVE-2023-31022	coverage & exploitation status	NVD · CVE.org
CVE-2023-31023	coverage & exploitation status	NVD · CVE.org
CVE-2023-31026	coverage & exploitation status	NVD · CVE.org
CVE-2023-31027	coverage & exploitation status	NVD · CVE.org

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