NVIDIA Container Toolkit/GPU Operator on Linux toctou

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A vulnerability described as critical has been identified in NVIDIA Container Toolkit and GPU Operator on Linux. The impacted element is an unknown function. Such manipulation leads to toctou. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2025-23359. The attack can be launched remotely. No exploit exists.

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A vulnerability was found in NVIDIA Container Toolkit and GPU Operator on Linux (unknown version) and classified as critical. Affected by this issue is an unknown code block. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a toctou vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-367. The product checks the state of a resource before using that resource, but the resource's state can change between the check and the use in a way that invalidates the results of the check. This can cause the product to perform invalid actions when the resource is in an unexpected state. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

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.

The advisory is shared for download at nvidia.custhelp.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2025-23359 since 01/14/2025. The exploitation is known to be difficult. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 216261 (NVIDIA Container Toolkit < 1.17.4 (2025_02)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (216261). Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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• Virtualization Software

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• NVIDIA

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• Container Toolkit
• GPU Operator

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• commercial

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• Vendor: https://www.nvidia.com/

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