{"cve":"CVE-2025-23266","nvd":{"published":"2025-07-17T20:15:28.693","modified":"2026-06-17T08:53:03.043","status":"Deferred","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.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H","score":9.0},"cwes":["CWE-426"],"references":["https://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/5659","https://kidbomb.github.io/posts/nvidia-container-escape-cve-2025-23266-part-2/","https://kidbomb.github.io/posts/nvidia-container-escape-cve-2025-23266/","https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44818412","https://www.wiz.io/blog/nvidia-ai-vulnerability-cve-2025-23266-nvidiascape"],"products":[],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T22:05:46.678065081+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2025-23266","score":0.03323,"percentile":0.88597,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[{"id":"GHSA-vmg3-7v43-9g23","url":"https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-vmg3-7v43-9g23","summary":"NVIDIA Container Toolkit for all platforms contains an Untrusted Search Path","modified":"2026-09-10T03:50:26.440568337Z","packages":[{"ecosystem":"Go","name":"github.com/NVIDIA/nvidia-container-toolkit","purl":"pkg:golang/github.com/NVIDIA/nvidia-container-toolkit","ranges":["<1.17.8"],"fixed":["1.17.8"]},{"ecosystem":"Go","name":"github.com/NVIDIA/k8s-device-plugin","purl":"pkg:golang/github.com/NVIDIA/k8s-device-plugin","ranges":["<0.17.3"],"fixed":["0.17.3"]},{"ecosystem":"Go","name":"github.com/NVIDIA/gpu-operator","purl":"pkg:golang/github.com/NVIDIA/gpu-operator","ranges":["<25.3.2"],"fixed":["25.3.2"]},{"ecosystem":"Go","name":"github.com/NVIDIA/mig-parted","purl":"pkg:golang/github.com/NVIDIA/mig-parted","ranges":["<0.12.2"],"fixed":["0.12.2"]}]},{"id":"GO-2025-3992","url":"https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GO-2025-3992","summary":"NVIDIA Container Toolkit for all platforms contains an Untrusted Search Path in github.com/NVIDIA/gpu-operator","modified":"2026-02-04T03:31:10.620323Z","packages":[{"ecosystem":"Go","name":"github.com/NVIDIA/gpu-operator","purl":"pkg:golang/github.com/NVIDIA/gpu-operator","ranges":["all versions"],"fixed":[]},{"ecosystem":"Go","name":"github.com/NVIDIA/k8s-device-plugin","purl":"pkg:golang/github.com/NVIDIA/k8s-device-plugin","ranges":["<0.17.3"],"fixed":["0.17.3"]},{"ecosystem":"Go","name":"github.com/NVIDIA/mig-parted","purl":"pkg:golang/github.com/NVIDIA/mig-parted","ranges":["<0.12.2"],"fixed":["0.12.2"]},{"ecosystem":"Go","name":"github.com/NVIDIA/nvidia-container-toolkit","purl":"pkg:golang/github.com/NVIDIA/nvidia-container-toolkit","ranges":["<1.17.8"],"fixed":["1.17.8"]}]}],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}