CVSS 3.1
9.0 criticalCVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:HCVE-2025-23266
Critical (9.0). EPSS 3.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days. Fixed in github.com/NVIDIA/nvidia-container-toolkit 1.17.8.
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.
Severity
- EPSS
- 3.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 88% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
- CWE
- CWE-426
- Published
- Modified
- Record from
- the NVD, synced
Packages (OSV)
| Advisory | Ecosystem | Package | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GHSA-vmg3-7v43-9g23 | Go | github.com/NVIDIA/nvidia-container-toolkit | <1.17.8 | 1.17.8 |
| GHSA-vmg3-7v43-9g23 | Go | github.com/NVIDIA/k8s-device-plugin | <0.17.3 | 0.17.3 |
| GHSA-vmg3-7v43-9g23 | Go | github.com/NVIDIA/gpu-operator | <25.3.2 | 25.3.2 |
| GHSA-vmg3-7v43-9g23 | Go | github.com/NVIDIA/mig-parted | <0.12.2 | 0.12.2 |
| GO-2025-3992 | Go | github.com/NVIDIA/gpu-operator | all versions | no fix published |
| GO-2025-3992 | Go | github.com/NVIDIA/k8s-device-plugin | <0.17.3 | 0.17.3 |
| GO-2025-3992 | Go | github.com/NVIDIA/mig-parted | <0.12.2 | 0.12.2 |
| GO-2025-3992 | Go | github.com/NVIDIA/nvidia-container-toolkit | <1.17.8 | 1.17.8 |
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