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CVE-2025-23359

NVIDIA Container Toolkit mount_files Time-Of-Check Time-Of-Use Race Condition Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Severity Score

8.3
*CVSS v3.1

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

0
*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

-
*KEV

Decision

Track*
*SSVC
Descriptions

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.

This vulnerability allows remote attackers to escalate privileges on affected installations of NVIDIA Container Toolkit. An attacker must first obtain the ability to execute code within a container in order to exploit this vulnerability.
The specific flaw exists within the mount_files function. The issue results from the lack of proper locking when performing operations on an object. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to escalate privileges and execute arbitrary code in the context of the host.

*Credits: Dre Cura of Trend Micro Security Research
CVSS Scores
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
High
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
Required
Scope
Changed
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
Low
User Interaction
Required
Scope
Changed
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
High
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Complete
Integrity
Complete
Availability
Complete
* Common Vulnerability Scoring System
SSVC
  • Decision:Track*
Exploitation
None
Automatable
No
Tech. Impact
Total
* Organization's Worst-case Scenario
Timeline
  • 2025-01-14 CVE Reserved
  • 2025-02-12 CVE Published
  • 2025-02-12 EPSS Updated
  • 2025-02-19 CVE Updated
  • ---------- Exploited in Wild
  • ---------- KEV Due Date
  • ---------- First Exploit
CWE
  • CWE-367: Time-of-check Time-of-use (TOCTOU) Race Condition
CAPEC
Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions
Vendor Product Version Other Status
Vendor Product Version Other Status <-- --> Vendor Product Version Other Status
NVIDIA
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 Container Toolkit
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 1.17.3
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Affected
NVIDIA
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 GPU Operator
Search vendor "NVIDIA" for product "GPU Operator"
 24.9.1
Search vendor "NVIDIA" for product "GPU Operator" and version "24.9.1"
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Affected