fkie_cve-2025-23266
Vulnerability from fkie_nvd
Published
2025-07-17 20:15
Modified
2025-08-16 22:15
Severity ?
9.0 (Critical) - CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Summary
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.
References
psirt@nvidia.comhttps://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/5659
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://kidbomb.github.io/posts/nvidia-container-escape-cve-2025-23266-part-2/
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://kidbomb.github.io/posts/nvidia-container-escape-cve-2025-23266/
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44818412
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.wiz.io/blog/nvidia-ai-vulnerability-cve-2025-23266-nvidiascape
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  "lastModified": "2025-08-16T22:15:25.613",
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