8.5

CVE-2025-23267: nvidia container toolkit Link Following

CVSS: 8.5v3.1HighDeferred
AliasesGHSA-67jc-hmvg-q4c7GO-2025-3998
Published 17-07-2025Last modified 04-11-2025
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2025-23267 is a high (CVSS 8.5) Link Following vulnerability in nvidia container toolkit. EPSS estimates a 0.90% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 58.9% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
34/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
8.5/10
010
High · v3.1 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
0.90%
0%100%
Low · +0.06 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 4
OPENSUSE-SU-2025:15666-1OPENSUSE-SU-2026:21483-1SUSE-SU-2025:3799-1SUSE-SU-2025:4187-1

Timeline

  1. 17-07-2025
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 04-11-2025
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

NVIDIA Container Toolkit for all platforms contains a vulnerability in the update-ldcache hook, where an attacker could cause a link following by using a specially crafted container image. A successful exploit of this vulnerability might lead to data tampering and denial of service.

CVSS metrics

3 scores · 3 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.90%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

59%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

+0.06 pp

From 0.83% on 19-09-2026

19-09-202619-10-2026
EPSS score
0.90%

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
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)

2 vendors · 5 products

References

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