CVE-2025-23359 Race condition in Container Toolkit
A crafted container image can exploit a race condition to access the host file system, leading to code execution and privilege escalation.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2025-23359?
CVE-2025-23359 is a high-severity vulnerability in NVIDIA Container Toolkit, published on 12 Feb 2025. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
NVIDIA Container Toolkit for Linux contains a Time-of-Check Time-of-Use (TOCTOU) vulnerability when used with default configuration, where a crafted container image could gain access to the host file system. A successful exploit of this vulnerability might lead to code execution, denial of service, escalation of privileges, information disclosure, and data tampering.
Weakness: CWE-367
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-23359?
It affects 2 products.
Products include Nvidia Nvidia Container Toolkit, Nvidia Nvidia Gpu Operator.
How do I fix CVE-2025-23359?
Apply the vendor's patch.
Is CVE-2025-23359 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2025-23359 exists.
Other vulnerabilities in NVIDIA Container Toolkit
- CVE-2024-0132 NVIDIA Container Toolkit contains a Time-of-check Time-of-Use (TOCTOU) vulnerability
- CVE-2024-0135 Privilege escalation in NVIDIA Container Toolkit
- CVE-2024-0136 Privilege escalation in NVIDIA Container Toolkit
- CVE-2024-0137 Privilege escalation in NVIDIA Container Toolkit
- CVE-2024-0134 Path traversal in NVIDIA Container Toolkit
Sources
Also known as AZL-56852, AZL-56857, GHSA-4hmh-pm5p-9j7j.