CVE-2025-23305 (GCVE-0-2025-23305)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-08-13 17:35 – Updated: 2025-08-13 18:02
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Summary
NVIDIA Megatron-LM for all platforms contains a vulnerability in the tools component, where an attacker may exploit a code injection issue. A successful exploit of this vulnerability may lead to code execution, escalation of privileges, information disclosure, and data tampering.
Severity ?
7.8 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • CWE-94 - Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')
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NVIDIA Megatron-LM Affected: All versions prior to 0.12.2
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