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CRITICAL CVSS 3.1
CVE-2025-23266
NVIDIA Container Toolkit Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
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.

INFO

Published Date :

July 17, 2025, 8:15 p.m.

Last Modified :

Aug. 16, 2025, 10:15 p.m.

Remotely Exploit :

No
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2025-23266 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

No affected product recoded yet

CVSS Scores
The Common Vulnerability Scoring System is a standardized framework for assessing the severity of vulnerabilities in software and systems. We collect and displays CVSS scores from various sources for each CVE.
Score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Score Impact Score Source
CVSS 3.1 CRITICAL [email protected]
Solution
Update NVIDIA Container Toolkit to a patched version to mitigate privilege escalation risks.
  • Update NVIDIA Container Toolkit to the latest version.
  • Apply relevant security patches from NVIDIA.
  • Review and restrict access to sensitive hooks.
Public PoC/Exploit Available at Github

CVE-2025-23266 has a 14 public PoC/Exploit available at Github. Go to the Public Exploits tab to see the list.

CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

While CVE identifies specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2025-23266 is associated with the following CWEs:

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC) stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2025-23266 weaknesses.

We scan GitHub repositories to detect new proof-of-concept exploits. Following list is a collection of public exploits and proof-of-concepts, which have been published on GitHub (sorted by the most recently updated).

This repository is for the hacking Write ups of AI Model Hacking please feel free to contribute

Updated: 1 week ago
0 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : Oct. 7, 2025, 7:43 p.m. This repo has been linked 2 different CVEs too.

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

Updated: 1 month ago
0 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : Sept. 7, 2025, 3:03 a.m. This repo has been linked 1 different CVEs too.

cve-2025-23266-migration-bypass

Dockerfile Shell C

Updated: 1 month, 1 week ago
1 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : Sept. 4, 2025, 1:42 p.m. This repo has been linked 1 different CVEs too.

CVE-2025-23266 – Fully Weaponized NVIDIA Container Toolkit Exploit

container-breakout cve-2025-23266 exploit nvidia-container-toolkit nvidia-gpu-operator

Dockerfile Go

Updated: 1 month, 1 week ago
0 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : Sept. 2, 2025, 12:20 p.m. This repo has been linked 1 different CVEs too.

A home Lab simulating the Nvidiascape vulnerability to explore memory-based container breakouts and host interaction

Updated: 1 month, 2 weeks ago
0 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : Aug. 4, 2025, 2:16 p.m. This repo has been linked 1 different CVEs too.

Sadi Steffl's repo for final interview

HCL Shell Dockerfile Python HTML JavaScript CSS C

Updated: 2 months, 2 weeks ago
0 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : July 22, 2025, 10:29 p.m. This repo has been linked 1 different CVEs too.

None

cve-2025-23266

Dockerfile Go

Updated: 2 months, 3 weeks ago
10 stars 1 fork 1 watcher
Born at : July 19, 2025, 10:40 a.m. This repo has been linked 1 different CVEs too.

None

Makefile C Shell

Updated: 1 month, 2 weeks ago
21 stars 4 fork 4 watcher
Born at : July 18, 2025, 5:41 p.m. This repo has been linked 1 different CVEs too.

building minimalistic GPU server for homelab

Updated: 2 weeks, 1 day ago
9 stars 1 fork 1 watcher
Born at : Nov. 27, 2024, 6:07 a.m. This repo has been linked 3 different CVEs too.

一个 CVE 漏洞预警知识库,无 exp/poc,部分包含修复方案。A knowledge base of CVE security vulnerability, no PoCs/exploits.

Updated: 3 weeks, 1 day ago
141 stars 18 fork 18 watcher
Born at : Jan. 5, 2023, 2:19 a.m. This repo has been linked 198 different CVEs too.

Archived EGI SVG Advisories

Updated: 6 days, 18 hours ago
1 stars 1 fork 1 watcher
Born at : Oct. 8, 2021, 2:26 p.m. This repo has been linked 23 different CVEs too.

A penetration toolkit for container environment

docker container penetration-testing-tools

Go Dockerfile C Python Shell Makefile HCL

Updated: 1 day, 23 hours ago
104 stars 19 fork 19 watcher
Born at : Aug. 3, 2021, 5:58 a.m. This repo has been linked 20 different CVEs too.

Provide many versions of images of docker and docker's components

Shell Makefile Dockerfile Go Python

Updated: 2 days ago
14 stars 3 fork 3 watcher
Born at : Feb. 24, 2021, 3:43 a.m. This repo has been linked 9 different CVEs too.

📡 PoC auto collect from GitHub. ⚠️ Be careful Malware.

security cve exploit poc vulnerability

Updated: 1 day, 18 hours ago
7328 stars 1210 fork 1210 watcher
Born at : Dec. 8, 2019, 1:03 p.m. This repo has been linked 838 different CVEs too.

Results are limited to the first 15 repositories due to potential performance issues.

The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2025-23266 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

  • The Cyber Express
Critical Vulnerability in Docker Desktop Allows Malicious Containers to Access Host System

A severe security vulnerability identified as CVE-2025-9074 has been discovered in Docker Desktop, exposing users to critical risks where malicious containers can gain unauthorized access to the host ... Read more

Published Date: Aug 21, 2025 (1 month, 3 weeks ago)
  • CybersecurityNews
PoC Exploit Released for Critical NVIDIA AI Container Toolkit Vulnerability

A critical container escape vulnerability has emerged in the NVIDIA Container Toolkit, threatening the security foundation of AI infrastructure worldwide. Dubbed “NVIDIAScape” and tracked as CVE-2025- ... Read more

Published Date: Jul 21, 2025 (2 months, 3 weeks ago)
  • The Hacker News
Critical NVIDIA Container Toolkit Flaw Allows Privilege Escalation on AI Cloud Services

Jul 18, 2025Ravie LakshmananCloud Security / AI Security Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed a critical container escape vulnerability in the NVIDIA Container Toolkit that could pose a severe t ... Read more

Published Date: Jul 18, 2025 (2 months, 3 weeks ago)

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2025-23266 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

    Aug. 16, 2025

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://kidbomb.github.io/posts/nvidia-container-escape-cve-2025-23266-part-2/
  • CVE Modified by af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

    Aug. 08, 2025

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://kidbomb.github.io/posts/nvidia-container-escape-cve-2025-23266/
    Added Reference https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44818412
    Added Reference https://www.wiz.io/blog/nvidia-ai-vulnerability-cve-2025-23266-nvidiascape
  • New CVE Received by [email protected]

    Jul. 17, 2025

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added 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.
    Added CVSS V3.1 AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
    Added CWE CWE-426
    Added Reference https://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/5659
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
Vulnerability Scoring Details
Base CVSS Score: 9
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