MSRC_CVE-2025-23266

Vulnerability from csaf_microsoft - Published: 2025-07-02 00:00 - Updated: 2025-09-04 04:21
Summary
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.

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