CVE-2026-24185

Summary

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.

Affected Software

Weaknesses

• CWE-288: CWE-288 Authentication Bypass Using an Alternate Path or Channel

ADP Enrichment

CISA ADP Vulnrichment

• SSVC:
• Exploitation: none
  • Automatable: no
  • Technical Impact: total

References

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

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