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CVE-2025-23359

A public proof of concept exists; no exploitation attested.

  • Published2025-02-12
  • Fixed in1.17.4
  • WeaknessCWE-367

Am I affected?

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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.

Timeline

dates in UTC
  1. 2025-02-1201:15CVE publishedNVD

Versions per branch

NVD
Nvidia nvidia container toolkitversion to verify
BranchAffectedFixed in
1.17< 1.17.41.17.4
Nvidia nvidia gpu operatorversion to verify
BranchAffectedFixed in
24.9< 24.9.224.9.2

as publishedRanges as NVD and OSV publish them; a distribution’s build can be fixed under an older number.

Products declared by the CNA2 products

As nvidia, the CNA that assigned this CVE, declared them in the CVE record; versions as written.

  • NVIDIA Container Toolkitother versions: not affected

    platforms: Linux

    Affected
    • = All versions up to and including 1.17.3no fix stated
  • NVIDIA GPU Operatorother versions: not affected

    platforms: Linux

    Affected
    • = All versions up to and including 24.9.1no fix stated

Source: the CNA record (CVE Program), © The MITRE Corporation,CVE Terms of UseCVE recordupdated 2025-02-12

Distribution builds and vendor advisories

Packages from OSV.dev and products from the vendors' CSAF advisories.

version not verifiedVersions not verified: read as OSV.dev and the vendors publish them, not checked against each vendor's release list.

Packages

  • nvidia-container-toolkitSUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP5all versions · fixed in 1.18.0-150200.5.17.1
  • nvidia-container-toolkitSUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP4all versions · fixed in 1.18.0-150200.5.17.1
  • nvidia-container-toolkitSUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP3all versions · fixed in 1.18.0-150200.5.17.1
  • nvidia-container-toolkitSUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP5-LTSSall versions · fixed in 1.18.0-150200.5.17.1
  • nvidia-container-toolkitSUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4-LTSSall versions · fixed in 1.18.0-150200.5.17.1
  • nvidia-container-toolkitSUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3-LTSSall versions · fixed in 1.18.0-150200.5.17.1
  • nvidia-container-toolkitSUSE:Linux Enterprise Module for Containers 15 SP7all versions · fixed in 1.18.0-150200.5.17.1
  • nvidia-container-toolkitSUSE:Linux Enterprise Module for Containers 15 SP6all versions · fixed in 1.18.0-150200.5.17.1

9 more package ranges on OSV.dev

Vendor advisories

  • CVE-2025-23359 Red Hat Product Security

    nvidia-container-toolkit: TOCTOU Vulnerability in NVIDIA Container Toolkit

Full record on NVD

Fix

  1. Update Nvidia nvidia container toolkit to 1.17.4

Advisories and patches

Detection

Nuclei template
none so far
ProjectDiscovery
Exploit-DB
no entry
Exploit-DB
Proof of concept
Metasploit modules
none listed
Metasploit Framework

Sources

Identifiers

Technical details

CVSS v3 Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Published
2025-02-12
Last Modified
2026-06-17
NVD status
Analyzed
GitHub Advisory
GHSA-4hmh-pm5p-9j7j

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2025-23359?

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.

Is CVE-2025-23359 actively exploited?

A proof-of-concept exploit exists for CVE-2025-23359, but active exploitation has not been confirmed at this time.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2025-23359?

CVE-2025-23359 has a CVSS v3 base score of 8.1 (HIGH severity), with vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

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