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CVE-2022-21820

• Severity: medium (CVSS 6.3 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 16.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2022-03-24 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-20

Description

NVIDIA DCGM contains a vulnerability in nvhostengine, where a network user can cause detection of error conditions without action, which may lead to limited code execution, some denial of service, escalation of privileges, and limited impacts to both data confidentiality and integrity.

Affected products

• NVIDIA Data Center GPU Manager: before 2.3.5 — fixed in 2.3.5

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: NVIDIA Data Center GPU Manager 2.3.5. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/167396/NVIDIA-Data-Center-GPU-Manager-Remote-Memory-Corruption.html
• https://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/5328
• http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/167396/NVIDIA-Data-Center-GPU-Manager-Remote-Memory-Corruption.html
• https://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/5328

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