THREATPORT/VULNERABILITY/CVE-2022-21820
MEDIUM SEVERITY

CVE-2022-21820

Data Center Gpu Manager vulnerability

CVSS
6.3
EPSS
16.5%
EPSS pct
97th
Exploited
No known
NVIDIA DCGM contains a vulnerability in nvhostengine, where a network user can cause detection of error conditions without action, which may lead to limited code execution, some denial of service, escalation of privileges, and limited impacts to both data confidentiality and integrity.
Affected vendor
Nvidia
Affected product
Data Center Gpu Manager
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
Weakness type (CWE)
Published
2022-03-24

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, low attack complexity, requiring low privileges, no user interaction. Successful exploitation leads to low impact to confidentiality, low impact to integrity, low impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 16.5% reflects a moderate probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 97% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2022-21820

  • Confirm whether Nvidia Data Center Gpu Manager is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2022-21820.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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