Security readout for executives and security teams
Plain-English summary
This flaw affects NVIDIA vGPU environments. A low-privileged guest VM could obtain GPU resources it should not be allowed to use, creating risk to confidentiality, integrity, and availability across virtualized GPU workloads.
Executive priority
Treat as high priority where NVIDIA vGPU hosts support shared, customer-facing, or sensitive workloads. The issue can affect data confidentiality, integrity, and service availability, but the provided sources do not establish active exploitation.
Technical view
CVE-2022-31609 is a CWE-285 authorization weakness in NVIDIA vGPU software's Virtual GPU Manager plugin. The CVSS 3.1 score is 7.8 with local access and low privileges required, no user interaction, and high confidentiality, integrity, and availability impact.
Likely exposure
Exposure is likely limited to organizations running NVIDIA Virtual GPU Software or NVIDIA Cloud Gaming on vGPU 14.x before 14.2, 13.x before 13.4, or 11.x before 11.9.
Exploitation context
The source bundle does not show CISA KEV listing or cited evidence of active exploitation. The vulnerability requires access from a guest VM, so shared, multi-tenant, or less-trusted guest environments carry higher practical risk.
Researcher notes
Focus validation on vGPU Manager host components and guest-to-manager authorization boundaries. Evidence provided identifies affected versions and impact, but does not include exploit details, indicators of compromise, or branch-specific workaround information.
Mitigation direction
- Upgrade affected vGPU 14.x deployments to 14.2 or later.
- Upgrade affected vGPU 13.x deployments to 13.4 or later.
- Upgrade affected vGPU 11.x deployments to 11.9 or later.
- Review NVIDIA advisory guidance before changing production GPU hosts.
- Prioritize hosts running untrusted or multi-tenant guest VMs.
Validation and detection
- Inventory NVIDIA vGPU Manager versions across hypervisor hosts.
- Compare installed branches against 14.2, 13.4, and 11.9 fixed thresholds.
- Confirm whether affected hosts run shared or untrusted guest VMs.
- Review change records for completed NVIDIA vGPU updates.
- Check vendor guidance for any branch-specific remediation notes.
Public sources used
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- High
- CVSS
- 7.8 (3.1)
- Known Exploited
- No
- Published
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H1.85.9nvidiaVulnerability scoring details
Base CVSS 3.1 score
7.8HighVector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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Source materials
- CVE List V5 sourceCVE List V5
- https://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/5383CVE reference, nvidia · x_refsource_MISC
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Improper Authorization
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