CVE-2022-31611

Severity: high (CVSS 7.3 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2023-02-07 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-427

Description

NVIDIA GeForce Experience contains an uncontrolled search path vulnerability in all its client installers, where an attacker with user level privileges may cause the installer to load an arbitrary DLL when the installer is launched. A successful exploit of this vulnerability could lead to escalation of privileges and code execution.

Affected products

Quadro, NVS, and GeForce (all versions): before 3.27.0.112 — fixed in 3.27.0.112

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Quadro, NVS, and GeForce (all versions) 3.27.0.112. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

https://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/5384
https://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/5384

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