What is CVE-2026-24255?

CVE-2026-24255 is a high-severity vulnerability in Linux Kernel, classified under CWE-1023. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2026-08-04.

How severe is CVE-2026-24255?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Linux Kernel

CVE-2026-24255

NVIDIA Dynamo for Linux contains a vulnerability in the multimodal embedding cache, where an attacker could cause a hash collision by submitting images that share an identical pixel byte sequence but have different dimensions. A successful exploit of this vulnerability might lead to data tampering.

Published 2026-08-04 · last modified 2026-10-24.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.005 (45.8th percentile), scored 2026-11-02.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 46th percentile — 45.8% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.005 · newest: 0.005 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Linux Kernel
NVIDIA Dynamo — versions 0 to v1.1.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-1023

References

nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-24255 (US Government Resource, Third Party Advisory)
www.cve.org/CVERecord (Third Party Advisory)
github.com/NVIDIA/product-security/tree/main/2026/5842 (Product)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2026-24255?: CVE-2026-24255 is a high-severity vulnerability in Linux Kernel, classified under CWE-1023. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2026-08-04.
How severe is CVE-2026-24255?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.