Description
NVIDIA Nsight Visual Studio for Windows contains a vulnerability in Nsight Monitor where an attacker can execute arbitrary code with the same privileges as the NVIDIA Nsight Visual Studio Edition Monitor application. A successful exploit of this vulnerability may lead to escalation of privileges, code execution, data tampering, denial of service, and information disclosure.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVIDIA | CUDA Toolkit | All versions prior to CUDA Toolkit 13.1 | — |
Fixed in Linux distributions
Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.
Debian
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian 13 | nvidia-cuda-toolkit | No fix yet | — |
| Debian 12 | nvidia-cuda-toolkit | No fix yet | — |
Ubuntu
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu 26.10 | nvidia-cuda-toolkit | No fix yet | — |
| Ubuntu 26.04 LTS | nvidia-cuda-toolkit | No fix yet | — |
| Ubuntu 25.10 | nvidia-cuda-toolkit | No fix yet | — |
| Ubuntu 24.04 LTS | nvidia-cuda-toolkit | No fix yet | — |
| Ubuntu 22.04 LTS | nvidia-cuda-toolkit | No fix yet | — |
Show 3 more (older releases, extended support, other products)Fewer releases
| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu 20.04 LTS | nvidia-cuda-toolkit | No fix yet | — |
| Ubuntu 18.04 LTS | nvidia-cuda-toolkit | No fix yet | — |
| Ubuntu 16.04 LTS | nvidia-cuda-toolkit | No fix yet | — |