Vulnerability record
CVE-2026-16478
The short answer
CVE-2026-16478 affects TÜBİTAK BİLGEM Software Technologies Research Institute pardus-nvidia-installer and is rated high (CVSS 7.0). It is not in CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog.
What it is
Permissive list of allowed inputs vulnerability in TÜBİTAK BİLGEM Software Technologies Research Institute pardus-nvidia-installer allows Privilege Escalation. This issue affects pardus-nvidia-installer: before 2.0.1.
Weakness: CWE-183.
Severity
7.0 high
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Exploited (CISA KEV)
Not listed
CISA lists confirmed exploitation only
EPSS, next 30 days
No score
FIRST scores CVEs within a day of publication
How it can be exploited
- Attack vector
- Local
- Attack complexity
- High
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality impact
- High
- Integrity impact
- High
- Availability impact
- High
Affected products
pardus-nvidia-installer. NVD's record lists the exact affected versions.
References
Questions
Is CVE-2026-16478 being exploited?
It is not in CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog as of 2026-11-10.
How do I fix CVE-2026-16478?
Follow the vendor advisory in the references below. NVD lists the affected versions under its configurations.
From NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS and OSV.dev, checked . Status on NVD: Deferred. The description is NVD's text, quoted as published.
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