CVE-2025-23266: NVIDIA Container Toolkit for all platforms contains an Untrusted Search Path
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.
Published Jul 17, 2025 · Updated Oct 23, 2025
Affected packages
github.com/NVIDIA/nvidia-container-toolkit
- Ecosystem
- Go
- Affected
- < 1.17.8
- Fixed in
- 1.17.8
- Check
go list -m github.com/NVIDIA/nvidia-container-toolkit
github.com/NVIDIA/k8s-device-plugin
- Ecosystem
- Go
- Affected
- < 0.17.3
- Fixed in
- 0.17.3
- Check
go list -m github.com/NVIDIA/k8s-device-plugin
github.com/NVIDIA/gpu-operator
- Ecosystem
- Go
- Affected
- < 25.3.2
- Fixed in
- 25.3.2
- Check
go list -m github.com/NVIDIA/gpu-operator
github.com/NVIDIA/mig-parted
- Ecosystem
- Go
- Affected
- < 0.12.2
- Fixed in
- 0.12.2
- Check
go list -m github.com/NVIDIA/mig-parted
Advisory details
From the GitHub Advisory Database (CC BY 4.0).
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.
References
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-23266
- https://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/5659
- 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://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
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-vmg3-7v43-9g23
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