Untrusted Search Path Affecting nvidia-container-toolkit package, versions <1.17.8-r0


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on default assessment until relevant scores are available.

Threat Intelligence

Exploit Maturity
Proof of Concept
EPSS
0.03% (6th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-CHAINGUARDLATEST-NVIDIACONTAINERTOOLKIT-10873240
  • published21 Jul 2025
  • disclosed17 Jul 2025

Introduced: 17 Jul 2025

NewCVE-2025-23266  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-426  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Chainguard nvidia-container-toolkit to version 1.17.8-r0 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream nvidia-container-toolkit package and not the nvidia-container-toolkit package as distributed by Chainguard. See How to fix? for Chainguard relevant fixed versions and status.

NVIDIA Container Toolkit for all platforms contains a vulnerability in some hooks used to initialize the container, where an attacker could execute arbitrary code with elevated permissions. A successful exploit of this vulnerability might lead to escalation of privileges, data tampering, information disclosure, and denial of service.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1