# CVE-2026-24185 — NVIDIA NVOS

> As of 2026-08-18, CVE-2026-24185 is a HIGH-severity vulnerability in NVIDIA NVOS, CVSS v3.1 7.1, EPSS 0.3% (21.1th percentile). Threadlinqs Intelligence links 1 tracked threat campaign to CVE-2026-24185, most recently “Adobe and Nvidia Patch Dozens of Vulnerabilities Across Multiple Products, Including Two Critical Flaws in Nvidia's NemoClaw AI Agent Stack and a CVSS 10.0 Adobe Campaign Classic Chain”.

**Last updated:** 2026-08-18

## What is CVE-2026-24185?

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.

The record classifies CVE-2026-24185 under weakness class [CWE-288](https://intel.threadlinqs.com/cwe/CWE-288). Its CVSS v3 base vector states that the flaw is reachable from an adjacent network, needs low-privilege credentials, needs no user interaction, and has high impact on confidentiality, integrity, availability. 1 affected-product entry is recorded, across 1 vendor, listed below. The identifier was first published 53 days ago.

## Severity and exploitation probability

- **CVSS v3.1 base score:** 7.1 — HIGH (`CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`)
- **EPSS (FIRST):** 0.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 21.1% of all scored CVEs
- **CISA KEV:** Not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog
- **Threadlinqs priority:** 4.4/10 — a Threadlinqs composite of the CVSS base score, the EPSS percentile and public exploit availability
- **Published:** 2026-08-18

## Is CVE-2026-24185 being exploited?

It currently carries a trending score of 27 in the Threadlinqs vulnerability feed.

## Affected products and versions

- [NVIDIA](https://intel.threadlinqs.com/vendors/nvidia): NVOS

## How to fix CVE-2026-24185

No vendor patch reference has been recorded for CVE-2026-24185 in the tracked sources. Follow the references below for a fix, and treat the products listed above as exposed until the vendor states otherwise.

## Threat activity tracking CVE-2026-24185

1 tracked threat in the Threadlinqs corpus references CVE-2026-24185, either in the campaign’s CVE list or as an indicator on the campaign record.

- [Adobe and Nvidia Patch Dozens of Vulnerabilities Across Multiple Products, Including Two Critical Flaws in Nvidia's NemoClaw AI Agent Stack and a CVSS 10.0 Adobe Campaign Classic Chain](https://intel.threadlinqs.com/threat/TL-2026-2152) — CRITICAL · 2026-08-26

## Sources

Enriched from CVE.org, FIRST EPSS. Last verified by Threadlinqs on 2026-10-10.

**Other references**

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

Canonical: https://intel.threadlinqs.com/cve/CVE-2026-24185
Full detection coverage and IOCs for threats exploiting CVE-2026-24185 via the Threadlinqs MCP server (Purple tier): https://intel.threadlinqs.com/mcp