What is CVE-2026-24218?

CVE-2026-24218 is a high-severity vulnerability in NVIDIA Dgx OS, classified under Use of Hard-coded Cryptographic Key. CVSS score: 8.1/10. Published 2026-05-20.

How severe is CVE-2026-24218?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.1 out of 10.

Vulnerability in NVIDIA Dgx OS

CVE-2026-24218

NVIDIA DGX OS contains a vulnerability in the factory provisioning process, where the cloning of a base image causes identical SSH host keys to be deployed across multiple systems. The sharing of cryptographic identifiers across all similarly provisioned systems enables host impersonation or attacker-in-the-middle attacks. A successful exploit of this vulnerability might lead to code execution, data tampering, escalation of privileges, information disclosure, and denial of service.

Published 2026-05-20 · last modified 2026-07-23.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 8.1 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.006 (47.5th percentile), scored 2026-10-19.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 48th percentile — 47.5% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.006 · newest: 0.006 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-321 — Use of Hard-coded Cryptographic Key

References

nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-24218 (US Government Resource)
www.cve.org/CVERecord (Third Party Advisory)
nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/5835 (Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2026-24218?: CVE-2026-24218 is a high-severity vulnerability in NVIDIA Dgx OS, classified under Use of Hard-coded Cryptographic Key. CVSS score: 8.1/10. Published 2026-05-20.
How severe is CVE-2026-24218?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.1 out of 10.