CVEvulnerability

CVE-2026-24185

7.1 HIGH Published 2026-08-18 Modified 2026-10-22 Official page ↗

Status: Awaiting Analysis
Published: 2026-08-18
Last modified: 2026-10-22
Assigner: [email protected]
CVSS 3.1 ([email protected]): 7.1 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weaknesses: CWE-288

Description

NVIDIA NVOS for network switches contains a vulnerability in the secure shell (SSH) server configuration component while PKA-only mode is enabled, where an administrator could inadvertently enable an alternative authentication path. If best practices for replacing the default password as recommended by NVIDIA are not followed, this alternative authentication path might lead to unauthorized access. A successful exploit of this vulnerability might lead to escalation of privileges.

Weakness · CWE (1)

CWE-288 Authentication Bypass Using an Alternate Path or Channel weakness

References

https://github.com/NVIDIA/product-security/tree/main/2026/5817 github.com
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-24185 nvd.nist.gov
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-24185 www.cve.org

CVE-2026-24185

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Weakness · CWE (1)

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