CVE-2025-23359: nvidia container toolkit
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2025-23359 is a high (CVSS 8.3) vulnerability in nvidia container toolkit. EPSS estimates a 3.67% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 89.5% of scored vulnerabilities. 1 public exploit is recorded.
Advisory lineage
Upstream 0 · Downstream 1 · Related 1Timeline
- 12-02-2025PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 11-04-2025Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
NVIDIA Container Toolkit for Linux contains a Time-of-Check Time-of-Use (TOCTOU) vulnerability when used with default configuration, where a crafted container image could gain access to the host file system. A successful exploit of this vulnerability might lead to code execution, denial of service, escalation of privileges, information disclosure, and data tampering.
CVSS metrics
2 scores · 2 sources · 1 version- NVDNIST8.1HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HDiffers
EPSS trend
Probability
3.67%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
90%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
0.00 pp
From 3.67% on 19-09-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogsNot in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.
Public exploits
1 foundExploit Reference (thehackernews.com)
Maturity: unknown
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeAffected systems
Nvidia4 products
- container toolkitAll versions up to and including 1.17.3
- gpu operatorAll versions up to and including 24.9.1
- nvidia_container_toolkit< 1.17.4
- nvidia_gpu_operator< 24.9.2
1 vendor · 4 products
References
3 links- nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/5616Vendor Advisory
- thehackernews.com/2025/04/incomplete-patch-in-nvidia-toolkit.htmlMedia CoverageExploitPress/Media Coverage