Link following in NVIDIA GPU Operator and NVIDIA Container Toolkit - CVE-2025-23267
Published: August 7, 2025
Vulnerability identifier: #VU113764
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:L/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2025-23267
CWE-ID: CWE-59
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: nVidia
Affected software:
NVIDIA GPU Operator
NVIDIA Container Toolkit
NVIDIA GPU Operator
NVIDIA Container Toolkit
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to an insecure link following issue in the update-ldcache hook. A remote attacker can trick the victim into loading a specially crafted container image and perform data tampering or denial of service.
How to mitigate CVE-2025-23267
Install updates from vendor's website.