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CVE-2025-23259: NVIDIA Mellanox DPDK contains a vulnerability in Poll Mode Driver (PMD), where an attacker on a VM in the system might be able to cause info

Noroxi assessment

Priority: Monitor (action score 26/100)

  • The sources we track (CISA KEV, Exploit-DB, Metasploit, Nuclei, GitHub) show no public exploit code or exploitation in the wild.
  • Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 0.29% (FIRST EPSS).
  • Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it. No account or password is required. No user action is required. Special conditions such as timing or configuration are required.
  • Fixed version: dpdk (Debian:13) 24.11.3-1~deb13u1; dpdk (Debian:14) 24.11.3-1; dpdk (openSUSE:Leap 15.6) 22.11.10-150600.3.15.1.

Low priority for now. Upgrade to dpdk (Debian:13) 24.11.3-1~deb13u1; dpdk (Debian:14) 24.11.3-1; dpdk (openSUSE:Leap 15.6) 22.11.10-150600.3.15.1 or later.

Generated automatically from the record's data: CVSS (NVD and CNA), CISA KEV and SSVC, FIRST EPSS, exploit sources, fixed versions. How we calculate it

Primary sources: NVD · CVE.org · FIRST EPSS

NVIDIA Mellanox DPDK contains a vulnerability in Poll Mode Driver (PMD), where an attacker on a VM in the system might be able to cause information disclosure and denial of service on the network interface.

MediumCVSS 6.5 · v3.1—No exploit Fix available
Published
Sep 4, 2025
Updated
Oct 18, 2026
EPSS
0.2% · 22th percentile

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Action score

26

Monitor

Low priority for now.

CVSS
26 / 40 · 6.5 / 10
CISA KEV
0 / 30 · Not listed
EPSS
0 / 30 · 0.2%

CISA SSVC decision

Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
partial

Vulnrichment: CISA's decision-tree inputs.

CNA vs NVD score

NVD
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6.5
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Affected systems

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Versions reported by the vendor

Affected version ranges reported by the assigning authority (nvidia). Independent of NVD's CPE analysis and usually ahead of it.

  • NVIDIA Mellanox DPDK 20.11

    • All versions prior to 20.11_7.8.0 LTSaffected

  • NVIDIA Mellanox DPDK 22.11

    • All versions prior to 22.11_2504.1.0, All versions prior to 22.11_2410 LTS, All versions prior to 22.11_2310 LTSaffected

  • NVIDIA Upstream DPDK

    • All versions prior to 25.07, All versions prior to 24.11.3 LTS, All versions prior to 23.11.5 LTS, All versions prior to 22.11.10 LTSaffected

Package-level exposure

OSV and GitHub Advisory data: ecosystem, package and range. SBOM matching uses this table.

EcosystemPackageAffected rangeFix
Debian:12dpdkfrom 0—
Debian:13dpdkbefore 24.11.3-1~deb13u124.11.3-1~deb13u1
Debian:14dpdkbefore 24.11.3-124.11.3-1
openSUSE:Leap 15.6dpdkbefore 22.11.10-150600.3.15.122.11.10-150600.3.15.1
openSUSE:Leap 15.6dpdk-thunderxbefore 22.11.10-150600.3.15.122.11.10-150600.3.15.1
openSUSE:Leap 15.6dpdk22before 22.11.10-150500.5.10.122.11.10-150500.5.10.1
openSUSE:Leap 15.6dpdk22-thunderxbefore 22.11.10-150500.5.10.122.11.10-150500.5.10.1
openSUSE:Leap 16.0dpdkbefore 24.11.4-160000.1.124.11.4-160000.1.1
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Micro 5.5dpdk22before 22.11.10-150500.5.10.122.11.10-150500.5.10.1
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Micro 5.5dpdk22-thunderxbefore 22.11.10-150500.5.10.122.11.10-150500.5.10.1
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Module for Server Applications 15 SP6dpdkbefore 22.11.10-150600.3.15.122.11.10-150600.3.15.1
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Module for Server Applications 15 SP6dpdk-thunderxbefore 22.11.10-150600.3.15.122.11.10-150600.3.15.1
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Module for Server Applications 15 SP7dpdkbefore 24.11.4-150700.3.6.124.11.4-150700.3.6.1
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Module for Server Applications 15 SP7dpdk-thunderxbefore 24.11.4-150700.3.6.124.11.4-150700.3.6.1
SUSE:Linux Micro 6.0dpdkbefore 22.11.10-1.122.11.10-1.1
SUSE:Linux Micro 6.1dpdkbefore 22.11.10-slfo.1.1_1.122.11.10-slfo.1.1_1.1
SUSE:Linux Micro 6.2dpdkbefore 24.11.4-160000.1.124.11.4-160000.1.1

Remediation

Which version to upgrade to

Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.

Product / packageFixed versionSource
debian:dpdk24.11.3-1~deb13u1 · Debian:13Package registry (OSV)
opensuse:dpdk22.11.10-150600.3.15.1 · openSUSE:Leap 15.6Package registry (OSV)
opensuse:dpdk-thunderx22.11.10-150600.3.15.1 · openSUSE:Leap 15.6Package registry (OSV)
opensuse:dpdk2222.11.10-150500.5.10.1 · openSUSE:Leap 15.6Package registry (OSV)
opensuse:dpdk22-thunderx22.11.10-150500.5.10.1 · openSUSE:Leap 15.6Package registry (OSV)
suse:dpdk22.11.10-150600.3.15.1 · SUSE:Linux Enterprise Module for Server Applications 15 SP6Package registry (OSV)
suse:dpdk-thunderx22.11.10-150600.3.15.1 · SUSE:Linux Enterprise Module for Server Applications 15 SP6Package registry (OSV)
suse:dpdk2222.11.10-150500.5.10.1 · SUSE:Linux Enterprise Micro 5.5Package registry (OSV)
suse:dpdk22-thunderx22.11.10-150500.5.10.1 · SUSE:Linux Enterprise Micro 5.5Package registry (OSV)

Exploit status

No known public exploit

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Research context

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Timeline

From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.

No dated events beyond publication.

No history yet (it accumulates with the daily EPSS job).

Patch and commit links

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No commit or PR link among the references.

Credits

All researchers

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No credits in the CNA record.

Variant candidates

Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.

No nightly-computed relations.

Chain candidates

An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.

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Bug bounty scope

The product’s vendor appears in a public program. Matched by name; verify the scope text in the program.

Technical details

Attack conditions

  • Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it.
  • No account or password is required.
  • No user action is required.
  • Special conditions such as timing or configuration are required.

If successful

Confidentiality
low · data can be read
Integrity
none
Availability
high · the service can be disrupted
Attack vector
Network
Attack complexity
High
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality impact
Low
Integrity impact
None
Availability impact
High

Weakness class (CWE)

CWE-362 · Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization ('Race Condition')

CVSS vector

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

nvd-secondary

Attack context

MITRE CAPEC attack patterns and ATT&CK techniques for this weakness class (CWE). A starting point for detection rules and threat hunting.

ATT&CK techniques

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Change log

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References

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