# CVE-2025-23286: Information disclosure in GPU Display Drivers

> An attacker can read invalid memory in NVIDIA GPU drivers, leading to information disclosure.

- **Severity:** Medium 4.4 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** An administrator
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** Yes
- **Published:** 2 Aug 2025
- **Updated:** 4 Aug 2025
- **Also known as:** DEBIAN-CVE-2025-23286, ECHO-31fb-6654-d989, GHSA-qmwr-6rr6-wj8m

## What is CVE-2025-23286?

CVE-2025-23286 is a medium-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 GPU Display Driver for Windows and Linux contains a vulnerability where an attacker could read invalid memory. A successful exploit of this vulnerability might lead to information disclosure.

Weakness: CWE-125 (Out-of-bounds Read)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-23286?


## How do I fix CVE-2025-23286?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

## Is CVE-2025-23286 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-23286 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2025-23286 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2025-23286 is a medium-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.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-23286 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: NVIDIA GPU Display Drivers. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-23286/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-23286/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-23286
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-23286
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-23286

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