NVIDIA has issued the GeForce Security Update Driver 582.28 to address vulnerabilities in its Maxwell, Pascal, and Volta-based graphics cards. This update follows the end of Game Ready Driver support for these architectures in October 2025. It provides quarterly security patches through October 2028 without game optimizations.
NVIDIA concluded official support for Game Ready Drivers on its Maxwell, Pascal, and Volta architectures in October 2025, signaling the retirement of popular 2010s-era GPUs such as the GeForce GTX 980, GTX 1080, and GTX 1060. These cards, which powered a decade of PC gaming advancements, now receive only security-focused updates.
Ahead of this transition, NVIDIA announced that affected GPUs would "transition to receiving quarterly security updates for the next three years (through October 2028)." The latest release, GeForce Security Update Driver 582.28, targets Maxwell, Volta, and Pascal-series GeForce products. Unlike previous drivers, it omits game-specific optimizations but tackles critical security issues detailed in the NVIDIA GPU Display Drivers - January 2026 security bulletin.
The bulletin highlights high-severity vulnerabilities, including kernel-mode exploits that "might lead to code execution, escalation of privileges, data tampering, denial of service, or information disclosure." Users with compatible hardware are advised to download the driver from NVIDIA's GeForce page to mitigate these risks.
Supported GPUs include:
- GeForce 10 Series: GTX 1080 Ti, GTX 1080, GTX 1070 Ti, GTX 1070, GTX 1060, GTX 1050 Ti, GTX 1050, GT 1030, GT 1010
- GeForce 900 Series: GTX 980 Ti, GTX 980, GTX 970, GTX 960, GTX 950
- GeForce 700 Series: GTX 750 Ti, GTX 750, GTX 745
- NVIDIA TITAN Series: TITAN V, TITAN Xp, TITAN X (Pascal), GTX TITAN X
This update ensures continued security for legacy hardware amid evolving threats, allowing users to maintain system stability without full driver overhauls.
