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CVE-2025-23266: nvidia container toolkit Untrusted Search Path

CVSS: 9.0v3.1CriticalDeferred
AliasesRHSA-2025:13673RHSA-2025:13674CGA-j23h-86j6-chc2
Published 17-07-2025Last modified 26-02-2026
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2025-23266 is a critical (CVSS 9.0) Untrusted Search Path vulnerability in nvidia container toolkit. EPSS estimates a 3.32% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 88.4% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
70/100
0100
High · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
9.0/10
010
Critical · v3.1 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
3.32%
0%100%
Low · +0.11 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 4 · Related 6
OPENSUSE-SU-2025:15666-1OPENSUSE-SU-2026:21483-1SUSE-SU-2025:3799-1SUSE-SU-2025:4187-1CGA-8CQ6-JHMJ-QFMRCGA-WJJW-33C8-GPR4

Timeline

  1. 17-07-2025
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 26-02-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

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 metrics

6 scores · 6 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

3.32%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

88%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

+0.11 pp

From 3.22% on 18-09-2026

18-09-202618-10-2026
EPSS score
3.32%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Github.com/NVIDIA4 products
  • gpu-operator< 25.3.2 | All versions (No fix recorded)
  • k8s-device-plugin< 0.17.3
  • mig-parted< 0.12.2
  • nvidia-container-toolkit< 1.17.8
Redhat4 products
  • toolbox< 0:0.2-1.el9_6 | < 0:0.2-1.el10_0
  • toolbox-debuginfo< 0:0.2-1.el9_6 | < 0:0.2-1.el10_0
  • toolbox-debugsource< 0:0.2-1.el9_6 | < 0:0.2-1.el10_0
  • toolbox-tests< 0:0.2-1.el9_6 | < 0:0.2-1.el10_0
Chainguard1 product
  • nvidia-container-toolkit< 1.17.8-r0
Nvidia1 product
  • container toolkitNVIDIA 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)
Wolfi1 product
  • nvidia-container-toolkit< 1.17.8-r0

5 vendors · 11 products

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