CVE-2025-23359

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NVIDIA Container Toolkit for Linux contains a Time-of-Check Time-of-Use (TOCTOU) vulnerability when used with default configuration, where a crafted container image could gain access to the host file system. A successful exploit of this vulnerability might lead to code execution, denial of service, escalation of privileges, information disclosure, and data tampering.

Published: 2025-02-12 Last update: 2025-09-25 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Analyzed，CVE State: published
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CVE-2025-23359 is rated High Exploit Risk (81.3/100): CVSS High severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 3.67%). 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). EPSS rose +2.40% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2025-23359

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
— nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2025-23359

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-03-23 1.26% 3.67% +2.40%
2 2026-03-22 0.67% 1.26% +0.60%
3 2025-12-09 — 0.67% —

Full EPSS history (21 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2025-23359

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
8.3 3.1 HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:N)
Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
Attack complexity (AC:H)
Even with access, the exploit needs extra luck, timing, or a fussy environment to actually work.
Privileges required (PR:N)
No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough.
User interaction (UI:R)
A real person has to do something—click, install, enable—otherwise it doesn’t land.
Scope (S:C)
Breaking this can reach past the original component and bite other resources—bigger blast radius.
Confidentiality (C:H)
Serious risk that confidential data gets exposed in a big way.
Integrity (I:H)
They could widely tamper with or forge data—trust in the data is badly hurt.
Availability (A:H)
Could take the service down hard or make it unusable for people who depend on it.
 1.6 6.0 [email protected]
8.1 3.1 HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:N)
Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
Attack complexity (AC:H)
Even with access, the exploit needs extra luck, timing, or a fussy environment to actually work.
Privileges required (PR:N)
No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough.
User interaction (UI:N)
Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:H)
Serious risk that confidential data gets exposed in a big way.
Integrity (I:H)
They could widely tamper with or forge data—trust in the data is badly hurt.
Availability (A:H)
Could take the service down hard or make it unusable for people who depend on it.
 2.2 5.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2025-23359

OS Trackers for CVE-2025-23359

vendor priority summary link
redhat high — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-23359
suse high CVE-2025-23359 severity important: SUSE including 1 source package names (nvidia-container-toolkit-1.18.0-150200.5.17.1), 17 product×package rows across 17 product lines (SUSE Enterprise Storage 7.1, SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP3-LTSS, … (17 product lines)): Fixed 17. https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-23359/

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2025-23359

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
nvidia nvidia_container_toolkit < 1.17.4 cpe:2.3:a:nvidia:nvidia_container_toolkit:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
nvidia nvidia_gpu_operator < 24.9.2 cpe:2.3:a:nvidia:nvidia_gpu_operator:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2025-23359

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