NVIDIA NeMo Framework path traversal

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A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in NVIDIA NeMo Framework. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality. This manipulation causes path traversal. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2025-23250. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. There is no exploit available.

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A vulnerability was found in NVIDIA NeMo Framework (version now known). It has been declared as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is some unknown processing. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a path traversal vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-22. The product uses external input to construct a pathname that is intended to identify a file or directory that is located underneath a restricted parent directory, but the product does not properly neutralize special elements within the pathname that can cause the pathname to resolve to a location that is outside of the restricted directory. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

NVIDIA NeMo Framework contains a vulnerability where an attacker could cause an improper limitation of a pathname to a restricted directory by an arbitrary file write. A successful exploit of this vulnerability might lead to code execution and data tampering.

It is possible to read the advisory at nvidia.custhelp.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2025-23250 since 01/14/2025. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The pricing for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 09/24/2025). The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1006 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

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

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• NVIDIA

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• NeMo Framework

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• commercial

Website

• Vendor: https://www.nvidia.com/

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