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.
Affected products
Version statuses are supplied by the assigning organization. Consult the original record for detailed ranges and platform conditions.
NVIDIA Container Toolkit
Default version status: unaffected
NVIDIA Container Toolkit All versions up to and including 1.17.7 (CDI mode only for versions prior to 1.17.5)affectedNVIDIA GPU Operator All versions up to and including 25.3.0 (CDI mode only for versions prior to 25.3.0)affected
References
- 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/ ↗