CVE-2026-24185

Severity: high (CVSS 7.1 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2026-08-18 · updated 2026-10-22
Weakness: CWE-288

Description

NVIDIA NVOS for network switches contains a vulnerability in the secure shell (SSH) server configuration component while PKA-only mode is enabled, where an administrator could inadvertently enable an alternative authentication path. If best practices for replacing the default password as recommended by NVIDIA are not followed, this alternative authentication path might lead to unauthorized access. A successful exploit of this vulnerability might lead to escalation of privileges.

Affected products

NVIDIA NVOS: from 0.0 through 25.0.2.4438; from 0.0 through 25.0.2.6077

References

https://github.com/NVIDIA/product-security/tree/main/2026/5817
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-24185
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-24185

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