CVE-2022-42292

Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 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: 2023-02-12 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-59

Description

NVIDIA GeForce Experience contains a vulnerability in the NVContainer component, where a user without administrator privileges can create a symbolic link to a file that requires elevated privileges to write to or modify, which may lead to denial of service, escalation of privilege or limited data tampering.

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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