CVE-2025-23266CRITICAL 9.0EPSS p68.9%

CVE-2025-23266CVE-2025-23266

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.

Scoring

CVSS 3.19.0 (CRITICAL)
VectorCVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS1.40% probability of exploitation · percentile 68.9% · 2026-06-19T12:03:05Z
Published2025-07-17
Last modified2026-04-15

Underlying weaknesses· 1

CWE-426

References

  1. https://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/5659
  2. https://kidbomb.github.io/posts/nvidia-container-escape-cve-2025-23266-part-2/
  3. https://kidbomb.github.io/posts/nvidia-container-escape-cve-2025-23266/
  4. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44818412
  5. https://www.wiz.io/blog/nvidia-ai-vulnerability-cve-2025-23266-nvidiascape

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TypeTargetConfidenceTier
WeaknessUntrusted Search Pathcwe-4260%live

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