CVE-2025-23279 Race condition in GPU Display Drivers
An attacker can exploit a race condition in the NVIDIA Linux installer to escalate privileges and execute arbitrary code.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2025-23279?
CVE-2025-23279 is a high-severity vulnerability in NVIDIA GPU Display Drivers, published on 2 Aug 2025. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
NVIDIA .run Installer for Linux and Solaris contains a vulnerability where an attacker could use a race condition to escalate privileges. A successful exploit of this vulnerability might lead to code execution, escalation of privileges, information disclosure, denial of service, or data tampering.
Weakness: CWE-367
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-23279?
How do I fix CVE-2025-23279?
Apply the vendor's patch.
Is CVE-2025-23279 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-23279 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2025-23279, ECHO-e9c4-fb81-4a6a, GHSA-ppcc-852j-px73.