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Fencer Vulns
high 8.5

CVE-2025-23267 json

NVIDIA Container Toolkit for all platforms contains a vulnerability in the update-ldcache hook

published 2025-07-17 15 mo ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2025-21818 , GHSA-67jc-hmvg-q4c7 , GO-2025-3998

cvss
8.5
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.9%
EPSS 0.9% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 59%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

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.

Patch / fix

  • go github.com/NVIDIA/nvidia-container-toolkit 1.17.8
  • go github.com/NVIDIA/k8s-device-plugin 0.17.3
  • go github.com/NVIDIA/gpu-operator 25.3.2
  • go github.com/NVIDIA/mig-parted 0.12.2
  • nvidia container_toolkit 1.17.8
  • nvidia nvidia_container_toolkit 1.17.8
  • nvidia gpu_operator 25.3.2
  • nvidia nvidia_gpu_operator 25.3.2
  • nvidia kubernetes_device_plugin 0.17.3
  • nvidia nvidia_kubernetes_device_plugin 0.17.3
  • nvidia kubernetes_mig_manager 0.12.2
  • nvidia mig_manager 0.12.2
  • nvidia-container-toolkit SLES for SAP 15 SP5, SLES for SAP 15 SP4, SLES for SAP 15 SP3 +12 more 1.18.0-150200.5.17.1
  • govulncheck-vulndb SLE Module for Package Hub 15 SP6, openSUSE Leap 15.6 0.0.20251023T162509-150000.1.110.1

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2025:4187-1SUSE-SU-2025:3799-1

  • govulncheck-vulndb openSUSE Leap 16.0 0.0.20260723T184607-160000.1.1
  • govulncheck-vulndb openSUSE Tumbleweed 0.0.20251023T162509-1.1

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2026:21483-1openSUSE-SU-2025:15666-1

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2025-23267 updated cvss 8.5

nvidia-container-toolkit: NVIDIA Container Toolkit Link Following Vulnerability

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 toolbox, toolbox-tests Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 toolbox Red Hat Enterprise Linux AI (RHEL AI) rhelai1/bootc-amd-rhel9, rhelai1/bootc-intel-rhel9, rhelai1/bootc-nvidia-rhel9, rhelai1/bootc-azure-amd-rhel9, rhelai1/instructlab-amd-rhel9, rhelai1/bootc-aws-nvidia-rhel9, +7 more
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

CISA SSVC

Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
partial
Assessed
15 mo ago

Exploit prediction

0.90% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 59% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 3.1 8.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:H
GitHub 3.1 8.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:H

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
all versions
25.3.2
go github.com/NVIDIA/mig-parted
<0.12.2
0.12.2

Affected products

  • NVIDIA Container Toolkit

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-59 Improper Link Resolution Before File Access

References

Sources

Fencer Vulns keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.

CPEs and fixed versions use Anchore's correction of NVD's data: Added CPE configurations because not yet analyzed by NVD.