What is CVE-2022-21816?

CVE-2022-21816 is a medium-severity vulnerability in NVIDIA Cloud Gaming Virtual GPU, classified under Improper Access Control. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2022-02-07.

How severe is CVE-2022-21816?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.

Auth bypass in NVIDIA Cloud Gaming Virtual GPU

CVE-2022-21816

NVIDIA vGPU software contains a vulnerability in the Virtual GPU Manager (nvidia.ko), where a user in the guest OS can cause a GPU interrupt storm on the hypervisor host, leading to a denial of service.

Published 2022-02-07 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.002 (7.7th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 8th percentile — 7.7% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.002 · newest: 0.002 · change: 0.000

Affected products

NVIDIA Cloud Gaming Virtual GPU
NVIDIA Virtual GPU Software And Cloud Gaming — versions vGPU version 13.x (prior to 13.2), version 11.x (prior to 11.7) and version 8.x (prior 8.10).
NVIDIA Virtual GPU

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/5312 (Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-21816?: CVE-2022-21816 is a medium-severity vulnerability in NVIDIA Cloud Gaming Virtual GPU, classified under Improper Access Control. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2022-02-07.
How severe is CVE-2022-21816?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.