PT-2025-29902 · Nvidia+4 · Nvidia Container Toolkit+4

Nir Ohfeld

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Published

2025-05-17

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Updated

2026-03-28

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CVE-2025-23266

CVSS v3.1

9.0

Critical

VectorAV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions
NVIDIA Container Toolkit versions up to 1.17.7 GPU Operator versions up to 25.3.0 NVIDIA Container Toolkit versions 1.17.8 and 25.3.1 are fixed.
Description
A critical vulnerability (CVE-2025-23266), dubbed “NVIDIAScape”, exists in the NVIDIA Container Toolkit and GPU Operator. This vulnerability allows attackers to escape containers and potentially gain root access on the host system. The flaw is due to a misconfiguration related to the handling of Open Container Initiative (OCI) hooks. Exploitation can be achieved with a simple three-line Dockerfile. Approximately 37% of cloud services are estimated to be affected. Successful exploitation could lead to privilege escalation, information disclosure, data tampering, and denial of service.
Recommendations
NVIDIA Container Toolkit versions prior to 1.17.8 are vulnerable. GPU Operator versions prior to 25.3.1 are vulnerable.

Fix

DoS

LPE

Untrusted Search Path

Weakness Enumeration

Related Identifiers

ALSA-2025:13673
ALSA-2025:13674
AZL-65648
AZL-65651
BDU:2025-08697
CVE-2025-23266
GHSA-VMG3-7V43-9G23
GO-2025-3992
INFSA-2025_13673
OPENSUSE-SU-2025:15666-1
RHSA-2025:13673
RHSA-2025:13674
RHSA-2025_13673
SUSE-SU-2025:3799-1
SUSE-SU-2025:4187-1
ZDI-25-626
ZDI-25-833

Affected Products

Almalinux
Nvidia Container Toolkit
Red Hat
Red Os
Suse