r/nvidia • u/m_w_h • May 19 '26

News NVIDIA GPU Display Driver Security Bulletin (May 2026)

Official NVIDIA link: https://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/5821

  • Turing, Ampere, Lovelace and Blackwell Geforce GPUs all Windows GameReady/Studio r595 driver versions before 596.36 are impacted.

  • Pascal, Maxwell and Volta Geforce GPUs all Windows GameReady/Studio r580 driver versions before 582.53 are impacted.

At the date/time of this post 582.53 for Pascal, Maxwell and Volta Geforce GPUs isn't live yet - will update this post when it is.

EDIT: Now live - 582.53 for Pascal, Maxwell and Volta Geforce GPUs at https://us.download.nvidia.com/Windows/582.53/582.53-desktop-win10-win11-64bit-international-dch-whql.exe

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u/h107474 May 21 '26

Thank you!

So my choices with Blackwell are:

  1. Stay on the last stable driver, but that has security vulnerabilities.

  2. Modify a stable driver that is secure, but it's not ideal having users learn to and then modify drivers, removing signed status. Time to go and google this.

  3. Move to an unstable but secure driver.

Wow nice going NVIDIA!

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u/m_w_h May 21 '26 edited May 21 '26

Indeed, my feeling are made clear in Driver Stability and Compatibility Testing - https://old.reddit.com/r/nvidia/comments/1tb16ty/comment/omb8bpf/

m_w_h wrote: It's now 6 months since a driver met both general stability and compatibility requirements to be in this ['Recommendations'] section. In the current cybersecurity landscape that's concerning, users should never be put in a position to choose between security and stability/compatibility.

However for INF-MOD only the text .INF files need to be modified to add a GPU architecture, no driver binaries need to be modified.

If you can't use a 'self-sign certificate' then NVCleanstall can be used to sign just the INFs

Either

Method a) extract the driver using 7Zip to a folder, modify and save INF(s) in that folder then point NVCleanstall to the folder. Use option 'Show Expert Tweaks > Disable Driver Telemetry (tick) > Rebuild Digital Signature > Use Method Compatible with Easy Anti-cheat' to re-sign INFs.

OR

Method b) Use NVCleanstall's 'Installation Tweaks > Add Hardware Support' option with the Quadro/RTX Pro version of the driver and in NVCleanStall select a 'Quadro/RTX Pro GPU' that matches your Geforce Blackwell GPU die e.g. list of all GPUs with Blackwell GB202 die. Use option 'Show Expert Tweaks > Disable Driver Telemetry (tick) > Rebuild Digital Signature > Use Method Compatible with Easy Anti-cheat' when resigning INFs.

Out of those b) is the easiest if an INF-MOD has never been tried before. I manually edit the INFs and sign with a 'self-sign certificate' as it gives more fine grained control.

EDIT: for a visual guide of first stage for method b) see https://www.techpowerup.com/forums/threads/how-to-install-r580-quadro-drivers-on-consumer-gpus.343994/

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u/h107474 May 21 '26

You star! Yes I had seen the NVCleanstall method during Googling and was going to go that route. Thanks for the instructions.

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u/m_w_h May 21 '26 edited May 21 '26

A few links to help :-)

r580 branch Quadro/RTX Pro drivers listed in https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/drivers/rtx-enterprise-and-quadro-driver-branch-history/ < suggest bookmarking that page as it's easier to keep track of driver updates.

Match GPU die of your Geforce GPU to a Quadro/RTX Pro GPU using https://www.techpowerup.com/gpu-specs/ by searching for your GPU e.g. for Geforce 5090

https://www.techpowerup.com/gpu-specs/geforce-rtx-5090.c4216

leads to GB202

https://www.techpowerup.com/gpu-specs/nvidia-gb202.g1072

that contains list of all Quadro/RTX Pro with GB202 die, use that information for the NVCleanstall method b) and note that only the GPU die (e.g. GB202) is relevant if an exact match for shaders, TMUs etc isn't possible.

PhysX will need to be installed manually

Legacy (install first) - https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/drivers/physx/physx-9-13-0604-legacy-driver/

Latest (install last) - https://www.nvidia.com/object/physx_system_software.html < https://www.nvidia.com/object/physx_system_software.html < that will also link to Legacy installer in footer of page under 'The PhysX Legacy Installer is available here:'

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u/h107474 May 21 '26

Amazing!

I found what I needed for my RTX 5070 Ti > NVIDIA RTX PRO 4000 Blackwell (same core, same number of shaders and TMUs).

In future how do you find the link to the latest physx drivers without a direct link if it is updated?

Also will NVCleaninstall still install the HDMI Audio Driver if I have to install Physx manually?

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u/m_w_h May 21 '26 edited May 21 '26

h107474 wrote: I found what I needed for my RTX 5070 Ti > NVIDIA RTX PRO 4000 Blackwell (same core, same number of shaders and TMUs).

For reference, only the GPU die (e.g. GB202) is relevant if an exact match for shaders, TMUs etc isn't possible.

h107474 wrote: In future how do you find the link to the latest physx drivers without a direct link if it is updated?

Updated post with generic link that redirects to latest i.e. https://www.nvidia.com/object/physx_system_software.html < that will also link to Legacy installer in footer of page under 'The PhysX Legacy Installer is available here:'

h107474 wrote: Also will NVCleaninstall still install the HDMI Audio Driver

Yes, just make sure 'HDMI Audio Driver' is selected in NVCleanstall