CVE-2025-23266

Published: Jul 17, 2025Modified: Jun 17, 2026Deferred

9.0

Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Exploitability: 2.3 / Impact: 6.0

Source: psirt@nvidia.com (Secondary)

Description

NVIDIA Container Toolkit for all platforms contains a vulnerability in some hooks used to initialize the container, where an attacker could execute arbitrary code with elevated permissions. A successful exploit of this vulnerability might lead to escalation of privileges, data tampering, information disclosure, and denial of service.

Related CWEs

CWE-426

Untrusted Search Path

The product searches for critical resources using an externally-supplied search path that can point to resources that are not under the product's direct control.

References (5)

https://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/5659

Source: psirt@nvidia.com

https://kidbomb.github.io/posts/nvidia-container-escape-cve-2025-23266-part-2/

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

https://kidbomb.github.io/posts/nvidia-container-escape-cve-2025-23266/

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44818412

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

https://www.wiz.io/blog/nvidia-ai-vulnerability-cve-2025-23266-nvidiascape

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

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