NVIDIA Container Toolkit for all platforms contains an Untrusted Search Path in github.com/NVIDIA/gpu-operator
NVIDIA Container Toolkit for all platforms contains an Untrusted Search Path in github.com/NVIDIA/gpu-operator. NOTE: The source advisory for this report contains additional versions that could not be automatically mapped to standard Go module versions. (If this is causing false-positive reports from vulnerability scanners, please suggest an edit to the report.) The additional affected modules and versions are: github.com/NVIDIA/gpu-operator before v25.3.2.
02 / AFFECTED SOFTWARE
Affected packages
03 / CONNECTIONS
Connected vulnerabilities
04 / EVIDENCE
Source records
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.
NVIDIA Container Toolkit for all platforms contains an Untrusted Search Path in github.com/NVIDIA/gpu-operator. NOTE: The source advisory for this report contains additional versions that could not be automatically mapped to standard Go module versions. (If this is causing false-positive reports from vulnerability scanners, please suggest an edit to the report.) The additional affected modules and versions are: github.com/NVIDIA/gpu-operator before v25.3.2.
05 / REFERENCES
Further evidence
- https://github.com/NVIDIA/gpu-operator
- https://github.com/NVIDIA/k8s-device-plugin
- https://github.com/NVIDIA/mig-parted
- https://github.com/NVIDIA/nvidia-container-toolkit
- https://kidbomb.github.io/posts/nvidia-container-escape-cve-2025-23266
- https://kidbomb.github.io/posts/nvidia-container-escape-cve-2025-23266-part-2
- https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44818412
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-23266
- https://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/5659
- https://pkg.go.dev/vuln/GO-2025-3992
- https://www.wiz.io/blog/nvidia-ai-vulnerability-cve-2025-23266-nvidiascape
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-vmg3-7v43-9g23