---
id: CVE-2026-65131
title: >-
  NVIDIA NVSentinel for Linux contains a vulnerability in the
  platform-connectors component, where the gRPC health-event interface, exposed
  over a world-writable Unix domain socket, lacks authentication
summary: >-
  NVIDIA NVSentinel for Linux contains a vulnerability in the
  platform-connectors component, where the gRPC health-event interface, exposed
  over a world-writable Unix domain socket, lacks authentication. A successful
  exploit of this vulner…
severity: medium
cvss: 6
cvssVector: 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H'
cwe:
  - CWE-306
published: '2026-10-13'
updated: '2026-10-13'
sourceUpdated: '2026-10-13T16:18:53.587'
source: NVD
sourceUrl: 'https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-65131'
references:
  - url: 'https://github.com/NVIDIA/product-security/tree/main/2026/5890'
    label: psirt@nvidia.com
  - url: 'https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-65131'
    label: psirt@nvidia.com
  - url: 'https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-65131'
    label: psirt@nvidia.com
tags:
  - nvd
ingestedAt: '2026-10-13T13:27:04.022Z'
---

## Overview

NVIDIA NVSentinel for Linux contains a vulnerability in the platform-connectors component, where the gRPC health-event interface, exposed over a world-writable Unix domain socket, lacks authentication. A successful exploit of this vulnerability might lead to denial of service.

## Remediation

Refer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.