Symlink Attack Affecting github.com/nvidia/nvidia-container-toolkit/internal/discover package, versions <1.17.8
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- published28 Jul 2025
- disclosed17 Jul 2025
- creditLei Wang, Min Yao
Introduced: 17 Jul 2025
CVE-2025-23267 Â (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
Upgrade github.com/NVIDIA/nvidia-container-toolkit/internal/discover to version 1.17.8 or higher.
Overview
Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Symlink Attack though incorrect handling of the OCI hook createContainer during container initialization when update-ldcache is used. An attacker can modify data or disrupt service by supplying a specially crafted container image that triggers link following.
Workaround
When using the NVIDIA Container Runtime in legacy mode, disable the hook by editing the /etc/nvidia-container-toolkit/config.toml file and setting the features.disable-cuda-compat-lib-hook flag to true.
[features]
disable-cuda-compat-lib-hook = true
When using the NVIDIA GPU Operator, disable the hook by adding disable-cuda-compat-lib-hook to the NVIDIA_CONTAINER_TOOLKIT_OPT_IN_FEATURES environment variable. This can be done by including the following arguments when installing or upgrading the GPU Operator with Helm:
--set
"toolkit.env[0].name=NVIDIA_CONTAINER_TOOLKIT_OPT_IN_FEATURES" \
--set
"toolkit.env[0].value=disable-cuda-compat-lib-hook"