# Nvidia Releases Critical Security Update Driver

October 3, 2026 at 07:24 PM

> Nvidia issues a massive patch for Maxwell, Pascal, and Volta GPUs to fix 114 security vulnerabilities across Windows and Linux systems.

[Nvidia](<https://hardwarebrief.com/entity/nvidia-q182477>) has released a critical [GeForce](<https://hardwarebrief.com/entity/geforce-q825762>) Security Update Driver for [Maxwell](<https://hardwarebrief.com/entity/maxwell-microarchitecture-q15918207>), Pascal, and Volta generation graphics cards. This massive patch addresses 114 security vulnerabilities across GPU graphics drivers and vGPU software for [Windows](<https://hardwarebrief.com/entity/microsoft-windows-q1406>) and [Linux](<https://hardwarebrief.com/entity/linux-q388>) systems.

The update fixes 98 graphics driver flaws and 16 vGPU issues, including 76 high-severity and 37 medium-severity bugs. Most critical is CVE-2026-47574, a Linux vGPU Manager vulnerability with a 9.9 CVSS score, requiring immediate installation of new drivers.

Supported hardware includes GTX 700, 900, and 10 series cards, alongside Titan V and Xp models. Users should update to WHQL versions like 616.56 or 610.88 on Windows, or Linux versions 615.71.09 and 595.91.07, to protect professional and consumer GPUs.


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