# CVE-2025-23337: Privilege escalation in DGX GB200, HGX GB300, HGC B300

> Administrative BMC users can escalate privileges to access the HMC as administrator, leading to code execution and data tampering on NVIDIA HGX/DGX systems.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.7 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** An administrator
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 17 Sep 2025
- **Updated:** 26 Feb 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-fpjc-qv6c-7c5q

## What is CVE-2025-23337?

CVE-2025-23337 is a medium-severity vulnerability in NVIDIA DGX GB200, HGX GB300, HGC B300, published on 17 Sep 2025. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

NVIDIA HGX & DGX GB200, GB300, B300  contain a vulnerability in the HGX Management Controller (HMC) that may allow a malicious actor with administrative access on the BMC to access the HMC as an administrator. A successful exploit of this vulnerability may lead to code execution, denial of service, escalation of privileges, information disclosure, and data tampering.

Weakness: CWE-1244 (Internal Asset Exposed to Unsafe Debug Access Level or State)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-23337?


## How do I fix CVE-2025-23337?

No fix has been published for CVE-2025-23337 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2025-23337 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-23337 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2025-23337 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2025-23337 is a medium-severity vulnerability in NVIDIA DGX GB200, HGX GB300, HGC B300, published on 17 Sep 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-2025-23337 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: NVIDIA DGX GB200, HGX GB300, HGC B300. 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-2025-23337/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-23337/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-23337
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-23337
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-23337

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