CVE-2025-23266

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 is fixed in 4 products on 1 platform, first by RHSA-2025:13674, released July 17, 2025. It is not reported as exploited. Patch Radar priority: High.

High
CVSS
9.0
Important
Exploitation
None reported
No vendor assessment
CISA KEV
Not listed
Not in the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog
EPSS
0.0332
88th percentile

Toolbox is a tool for Linux operating systems, which allows the use of containerized command line environments. It is built on top of Podman and other standard container technologies from OCI. Security Fix(es): * nvidia-container-toolkit: Privilege Escalation via Hook Initialization in NVIDIA Container Toolkit (CVE-2025-23266) For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Where it's fixed

ProductFixed inFixReleased
Linux
govulncheck-vulndb · opensuse-leap 15.6 0.0.20251023T162509-150000.1.110.1 SUSE-SU-2025:3799-1 Oct 27, 2025
govulncheck-vulndb · opensuse-leap 16.0 0.0.20260723T184607-160000.1.1 OPENSUSE-SU-2026:21483-1 Jul 30, 2026
govulncheck-vulndb · sles 15.6 0.0.20251023T162509-150000.1.110.1 SUSE-SU-2025:3799-1 Oct 27, 2025
nvidia-container-toolkit · opensuse-leap 15.6 1.18.0-150200.5.17.1 SUSE-SU-2025:4187-1 Nov 24, 2025
nvidia-container-toolkit · sles 15.6 1.18.0-150200.5.17.1 SUSE-SU-2025:4187-1 Nov 24, 2025
nvidia-container-toolkit · sles 15.7 1.18.0-150200.5.17.1 SUSE-SU-2025:4187-1 Nov 24, 2025
toolbox · RHEL 10 0.2-1.el10_0 RHSA-2025:13674 Jul 17, 2025
toolbox · RHEL 9 0:0.2-1.el9_6 RHSA-2025:13673 Aug 12, 2025
toolbox · almalinux 10 0.2-1.el10_0 ALSA-2025:13674 Aug 12, 2025
toolbox · almalinux 9 0.2-1.el9_6 ALSA-2025:13673 Aug 12, 2025
toolbox-tests · RHEL 9 0:0.2-1.el9_6 RHSA-2025:13673 Aug 12, 2025
toolbox-tests · almalinux 10 0.2-1.el10_0 ALSA-2025:13674 Aug 12, 2025
toolbox-tests · almalinux 9 0.2-1.el9_6 ALSA-2025:13673 Aug 12, 2025

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