CVE-2021-1086

HIGH

NVIDIA vGPU <12.2, <11.4, <8.7 - Privilege Escalation

Title source: llm

Description

NVIDIA vGPU driver contains a vulnerability in the Virtual GPU Manager (vGPU plugin) where it allows guests to control unauthorized resources, which may lead to integrity and confidentiality loss or information disclosure. This affects vGPU version 12.x (prior to 12.2), version 11.x (prior to 11.4) and version 8.x (prior to 8.7).

References (1)

[Vendor Advisory] https://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/5172

Scores

CVSS v3 7.1

EPSS 0.0004

EPSS Percentile 12.7%

Attack Vector LOCAL

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

Classification

CWE

CWE-863

Status published

Affected Products (1)

nvidia/virtual_gpu_manager < 8.7

Timeline

Published Apr 29, 2021

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026