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CVE-2025-23266: NVIDIA Container Toolkit for all platforms contains a vulnerability in some hooks used to initialize the container, where an attacker could

Noroxi assessment

Priority: Monitor (action score 37/100)

  • Public proof-of-concept code exists (GitHub); there is no record of exploitation in the wild.
  • Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 3.3% (FIRST EPSS); higher than 88.6% of all records.
  • Someone on the same network segment can trigger it. A low-privileged account is enough. No user action is required. No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
  • Fixed version: azl3 nvidia-container-toolkit 1.15.0-1 on Azure Linux 3.0 1.17.8-1; cbl2 nvidia-container-toolkit 1.11.0-1 on CBL Mariner 2.0 1.17.8-1.

Low priority for now. Upgrade to azl3 nvidia-container-toolkit 1.15.0-1 on Azure Linux 3.0 1.17.8-1; cbl2 nvidia-container-toolkit 1.11.0-1 on CBL Mariner 2.0 1.17.8-1 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 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.

CriticalCVSS 9.0 · v3.1—Proof of concept Fix available
Published
Jul 17, 2025
Updated
Jun 17, 2026
EPSS
3.3% · 88th percentile

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Action score

37

Monitor

Low priority for now.

CVSS
36 / 40 · 9.0 / 10
CISA KEV
0 / 30 · Not listed
EPSS
1 / 30 · 3.3%

CISA SSVC decision

Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
total

Vulnrichment: CISA's decision-tree inputs.

CNA vs NVD score

NVD
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CNA · nvidia
9.0
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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 Container Toolkit

    • NVIDIA Container Toolkit All versions up to and including 1.17.7 (CDI mode only for versions prior to 1.17.5), NVIDIA GPU Operator All versions up to and including 25.3.0 (CDI mode only for versions prior to 25.3.0)affected

Package-level exposure

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

EcosystemPackageAffected rangeFix
AlmaLinux:10toolboxbefore 0.2-1.el10_00.2-1.el10_0
AlmaLinux:10toolbox-testsbefore 0.2-1.el10_00.2-1.el10_0
AlmaLinux:9toolboxbefore 0.2-1.el9_60.2-1.el9_6
AlmaLinux:9toolbox-testsbefore 0.2-1.el9_60.2-1.el9_6
Gogithub.com/NVIDIA/gpu-operatorfrom 0—
Gogithub.com/NVIDIA/gpu-operatorbefore 25.3.225.3.2
Gogithub.com/NVIDIA/k8s-device-pluginbefore 0.17.30.17.3
Gogithub.com/NVIDIA/mig-partedbefore 0.12.20.12.2
Gogithub.com/NVIDIA/nvidia-container-toolkitbefore 1.17.81.17.8
openSUSE:Leap 15.6govulncheck-vulndbbefore 0.0.20251023T162509-150000.1.110.10.0.20251023T162509-150000.1.110.1
openSUSE:Leap 15.6nvidia-container-toolkitbefore 1.18.0-150200.5.17.11.18.0-150200.5.17.1
openSUSE:Tumbleweedgovulncheck-vulndbbefore 0.0.20251023T162509-1.10.0.20251023T162509-1.1
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:10.0toolboxbefore 0:0.2-1.el10_00:0.2-1.el10_0
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:10.0toolbox-debuginfobefore 0:0.2-1.el10_00:0.2-1.el10_0
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:10.0toolbox-debugsourcebefore 0:0.2-1.el10_00:0.2-1.el10_0
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:10.0toolbox-testsbefore 0:0.2-1.el10_00:0.2-1.el10_0
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:9::appstreamtoolboxbefore 0:0.2-1.el9_60:0.2-1.el9_6
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:9::appstreamtoolbox-debuginfobefore 0:0.2-1.el9_60:0.2-1.el9_6
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:9::appstreamtoolbox-debugsourcebefore 0:0.2-1.el9_60:0.2-1.el9_6
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:9::appstreamtoolbox-testsbefore 0:0.2-1.el9_60:0.2-1.el9_6
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Module for Containers 15 SP6nvidia-container-toolkitbefore 1.18.0-150200.5.17.11.18.0-150200.5.17.1
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Module for Package Hub 15 SP6govulncheck-vulndbbefore 0.0.20251023T162509-150000.1.110.10.0.20251023T162509-150000.1.110.1

Same product

nvidia: all records

Other highest-scoring records for the same primary product.

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    34Monitor
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    34Monitor

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
azl3 nvidia-container-toolkit 1.15.0-1 on Azure Linux 3.01.17.8-1 · CBL-Mariner ReleasesMicrosoft (MSRC)
cbl2 nvidia-container-toolkit 1.11.0-1 on CBL Mariner 2.01.17.8-1 · CBL-Mariner ReleasesMicrosoft (MSRC)
almalinux:toolbox0.2-1.el9_6 · AlmaLinux:9Package registry (OSV)
almalinux:toolbox-tests0.2-1.el9_6 · AlmaLinux:9Package registry (OSV)
Go:github.com/NVIDIA/gpu-operator25.3.2Package registry (OSV)
Go:github.com/NVIDIA/k8s-device-plugin0.17.3Package registry (OSV)
Go:github.com/NVIDIA/mig-parted0.12.2Package registry (OSV)
Go:github.com/NVIDIA/nvidia-container-toolkit1.17.8Package registry (OSV)
opensuse:govulncheck-vulndb0.0.20251023T162509-150000.1.110.1 · openSUSE:Leap 15.6Package registry (OSV)
opensuse:nvidia-container-toolkit1.18.0-150200.5.17.1 · openSUSE:Leap 15.6Package registry (OSV)
red hat:toolbox0:0.2-1.el9_6 · Red Hat:enterprise_linux:9::appstreamPackage registry (OSV)
red hat:toolbox-debuginfo0:0.2-1.el9_6 · Red Hat:enterprise_linux:9::appstreamPackage registry (OSV)
red hat:toolbox-debugsource0:0.2-1.el9_6 · Red Hat:enterprise_linux:9::appstreamPackage registry (OSV)
red hat:toolbox-tests0:0.2-1.el9_6 · Red Hat:enterprise_linux:9::appstreamPackage registry (OSV)
suse:govulncheck-vulndb0.0.20251023T162509-150000.1.110.1 · SUSE:Linux Enterprise Module for Package Hub 15 SP6Package registry (OSV)
suse:nvidia-container-toolkit1.18.0-150200.5.17.1 · SUSE:Linux Enterprise Module for Containers 15 SP6Package registry (OSV)

Exploit status

Proof of concept available

A public proof of concept or detection signature exists. Exploit knowledge is out there; don't delay patching.

Evidence

  • Proof-of-concept repository on GitHub ×5

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Public exploit evidence
SourceKindDate
Proof-of-concept repository on GitHubstars:152025-07-19
Proof-of-concept repository on GitHubstars:12025-09-02
Proof-of-concept repository on GitHubstars:12025-09-04
Proof-of-concept repository on GitHubstars:22025-09-07
Proof-of-concept repository on GitHubstars:02026-01-10

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.

  1. Published
  2. First PoC+1 d
  3. TodayNov 10, 2026+481 d

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

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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

  • Someone on the same network segment can trigger it.
  • A low-privileged account is enough.
  • No user action is required.
  • No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.

If successful

Confidentiality
high · data can be read
Integrity
high · data or configuration can be modified
Availability
high · the service can be disrupted

Impact can extend beyond the vulnerable component (scope changes).

Attack vector
Adjacent
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
None
Scope
Changed
Confidentiality impact
High
Integrity impact
High
Availability impact
High

Weakness class (CWE)

CWE-426 · Untrusted Search Path

CVSS vector

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

nvd-secondary

Attack context

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Change log

  1. Fix✗ → ✓

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References

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