NVIDIA ConnectX GA Management Interface authorization

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in NVIDIA ConnectX GA, ConnectX LTS22, ConnectX LTS23, ConnectX LTS24, ConnectX-4 and ConnectX-4 LX. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the component Management Interface. The manipulation leads to authorization. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2025-23262. An attack has to be approached locally. There is no exploit available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in NVIDIA ConnectX GA, ConnectX LTS22, ConnectX LTS23, ConnectX LTS24, ConnectX-4 and ConnectX-4 LX. This issue affects an unknown functionality of the component Management Interface. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a authorization vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-863. The product performs an authorization check when an actor attempts to access a resource or perform an action, but it does not correctly perform the check. This allows attackers to bypass intended access restrictions. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

NVIDIA ConnectX contains a vulnerability in the management interface, where an attacker with local access could cause incorrect authorization to modify the configuration. A successful exploit of this vulnerability might lead to denial of service, escalation of privileges, information disclosure, and data tampering.

The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2025-23262 since 01/14/2025. The exploitation is known to be easy. An attack has to be approached locally. Additional levels of successful authentication are needed for exploitation. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available.

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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VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.2
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.2

VulDB Base Score: 4.2
VulDB Temp Score: 4.2
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CNA Base Score: 6.3
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Authorization
CWE: CWE-863 / CWE-285 / CWE-266
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: No

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Recommended: no mitigation known
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Timelineinfo

01/14/2025 CVE reserved
09/04/2025 +232 days Advisory disclosed
09/04/2025 +0 days VulDB entry created
09/04/2025 +0 days VulDB entry last update

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: nvidia.com

Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2025-23262 (🔒)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2025-23262
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-322589

Entryinfo

Created: 09/04/2025 18:35
Changes: 09/04/2025 18:35 (59)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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