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.
CVE-2025-23266
This critical-severity CVE scores 9.0 under NVD CVSS v3. EPSS exploit probability: 0.2%, top 63% of all CVEs by exploit prediction. GitHub Security Advisory data not yet ingested — confidence will rise once GHSA publishes (typical lag: hours to days for open-source ecosystem CVEs; never for infrastructure-only CVEs).
- High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
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- CVSS v3
- 9.0
- EG Score
- 9.0(medium)
- EPSS
- 83.1%
- KEV
- Not listed
Published
July 17, 2025
Last Modified
April 15, 2026
Advisory Details (3)
Auto-updated May 21, 2026NVIDIAScape - NVIDIA AI Vulnerability (CVE-2025-23266) | Wiz Blog
https://www.wiz.io/blog/nvidia-ai-vulnerability-cve-2025-23266-nvidiascapeNVIDIA Container Escape CVE 2025-23266 (aka NVIDIAEscape) | Filipe Rodrigues Blog
https://kidbomb.github.io/posts/nvidia-container-escape-cve-2025-23266/CVE-2025-23266 – Part 2 | Filipe Rodrigues Blog
https://kidbomb.github.io/posts/nvidia-container-escape-cve-2025-23266-part-2/Patch Availability(2)
| Vendor / Ecosystem | Fixed in / Patch | Released | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| redhat | toolbox-0:0.2-1.el10_0 | 2025-08-12 | redhat |
| redhat | toolbox-0:0.2-1.el9_6 | 2025-08-12 | redhat |
Patches are aggregated from vendor advisories (Red Hat, Microsoft, Cisco, GitHub) and package ecosystems (OSV, GHSA). Multiple rows for the same upstream release have been deduplicated.
Affected Packages
(4 across 1 ecosystem)
Go(4)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fixed in | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| github.com/NVIDIA/gpu-operator | — | — | — |
| github.com/NVIDIA/k8s-device-plugin | — | 0.17.3 | — |
| github.com/NVIDIA/mig-parted | — | 0.12.2 | — |
| github.com/NVIDIA/nvidia-container-toolkit | — | 1.17.8 | — |
Weakness Classification(1)
MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.
All Vendor Advisories
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Every vendor that published an advisory referencing this CVE — pulled from our cve_vendor_advisories aggregation. Click any row for the vendor's original advisory page.
- Microsoft MSRCCVE-2025-232662025-09-04
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.
- Red HatRHSA-2025:13673IMPORTANT2025-07-17
RHSA-2025:13673 — Important
- Red HatRHSA-2025:13674IMPORTANT2025-07-17
RHSA-2025:13674 — Important
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Publicly available exploits
(2 references)Working exploit code is in the public domain (2 GitHub PoCs). Defenders should treat patch urgency accordingly — public PoCs typically lead to mass-exploitation within 24-72 hours.
- GitHub PoCmrk336/CVE-2025-23266First seen Sep 7, 2025
CVE-2025-23266 targets FastAPI’s parse_request() function, where oversized HTTP headers cause a buffer overflow and remote code execution. The article explains how attackers can escape container boundaries, compromise AI workloads, and how tools like Sentinel can detect and mitigate the threat
Open source ↗ - Open source ↗GitHub PoCjpts/cve-2025-23266-pocFirst seen Jul 19, 2025
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