GitHub Advisoryadvisory · Go
GHSA-vmg3-7v43-9g23 NVIDIA Container Toolkit for all platforms contains an Untrusted Search Path
CRITICAL
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- Aliases
- CVE-2025-23266
- Ecosystem
- Go
- Packages
- github.com/NVIDIA/nvidia-container-toolkit, github.com/NVIDIA/k8s-device-plugin, github.com/NVIDIA/gpu-operator, github.com/NVIDIA/mig-parted
- Severity
- Critical
- CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Weaknesses
- CWE-426
- Reviewed
- 2025-09-30
Affected packages
• Go github.com/NVIDIA/nvidia-container-toolkit: < 1.17.8 → fixed in 1.17.8
• Go github.com/NVIDIA/k8s-device-plugin: < 0.17.3 → fixed in 0.17.3
• Go github.com/NVIDIA/gpu-operator: < 25.3.2 → fixed in 25.3.2
• Go github.com/NVIDIA/mig-parted: < 0.12.2 → fixed in 0.12.2
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.
Related
Alias · CVE (1)
- CVE-2025-23266 NVIDIA Container Toolkit for all platforms contains a vulnerability in some hooks used to initialize the container, where an attacker could… vulnerability
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-426 Untrusted Search Path weakness
References
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-23266 advisory
- https://github.com/NVIDIA/gpu-operator web
- https://github.com/NVIDIA/k8s-device-plugin web
- https://github.com/NVIDIA/mig-parted web
- https://github.com/NVIDIA/nvidia-container-toolkit web
- https://kidbomb.github.io/posts/nvidia-container-escape-cve-2025-23266 web
- https://kidbomb.github.io/posts/nvidia-container-escape-cve-2025-23266-part-2 web
- https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44818412 web
- https://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/5659 web
- https://pkg.go.dev/vuln/GO-2025-3992 web
- https://www.wiz.io/blog/nvidia-ai-vulnerability-cve-2025-23266-nvidiascape web