critical9.0
CVE-2025-23266
NVIDIA Container Toolkit for all platforms contains an Untrusted Search Path
Impact
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.
Affected packages
| Ecosystem | Package | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| go | github.com/NVIDIA/nvidia-container-toolkit | < 1.17.8 | 1.17.8 |
| go | github.com/NVIDIA/k8s-device-plugin | < 0.17.3 | 0.17.3 |
| go | github.com/NVIDIA/gpu-operator | < 25.3.2 | 25.3.2 |
| go | github.com/NVIDIA/mig-parted | < 0.12.2 | 0.12.2 |
Weakness classification
References
- NVD record
- CVE.org record
- GitHub advisory
- 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
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-vmg3-7v43-9g23
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-23266
- https://kidbomb.github.io/posts/nvidia-container-escape-cve-2025-23266
- https://kidbomb.github.io/posts/nvidia-container-escape-cve-2025-23266-part-2
- https://github.com/NVIDIA/gpu-operator
- https://github.com/NVIDIA/k8s-device-plugin
- https://github.com/NVIDIA/mig-parted
- https://github.com/NVIDIA/nvidia-container-toolkit
- https://pkg.go.dev/vuln/GO-2025-3992