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CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:HSummary
CVE-2025-23359 is a high-severity Time-of-check Time-of-use (TOCTOU) Race Condition (CWE-367) vulnerability in Nvidia Nvidia Container Toolkit. Its CVSS base score is 8.3 (High).
Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Path Interception (T1034); ranked in the top 12% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog; a public proof-of-concept is referenced.
The strongest mitigations our analysis identified map to AC-25 (Reference Monitor) and AC-3 (Access Enforcement) — see the control section below for these in your framework.
Deeper analysis AI-assisted summary
Synthesised by an AI model from the NVD description and linked references — a reading aid, not an authoritative source.
NVIDIA Container Toolkit for Linux is affected by a Time-of-Check Time-of-Use (TOCTOU) vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2025-23359 and assigned CWE-367, that exists under the product's default configuration. A crafted container image can be used to obtain access to the host file system, with potential impacts including code execution, denial of service, privilege escalation, information disclosure, and data tampering. The issue carries a CVSS 3.1 score of 8.3 reflecting network attack vector, high complexity, no required privileges, required user interaction, and changed scope with high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability.
An attacker can exploit the flaw by supplying a malicious container image that races the toolkit's checks, allowing unauthorized host file-system access once the image is processed. Successful exploitation therefore enables the listed impacts without needing elevated privileges on the target system, though the attack requires user interaction and faces high complexity.
NVIDIA's security advisory at the provided reference URL and a subsequent technical analysis describe the issue and available remediation steps for affected deployments. The EPSS score has remained flat at 0.0367 with no material increase observed after disclosure.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2025-3156
Vulnerability Data
NVIDIA Container Toolkit for Linux contains a Time-of-Check Time-of-Use (TOCTOU) vulnerability when used with default configuration, where a crafted container image could gain access to the host file system. A successful exploit of this vulnerability might lead to code execution,…
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denial of service, escalation of privileges, information disclosure, and data tampering.
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Mitigating Controls (NIST 800-53 r5) AI
A reference monitor that is always invoked and analyzable structurally eliminates the non-atomic check-then-use pattern underlying TOCTOU.
Access enforcement that performs an atomic check-and-use decision directly stops the window in which a TOCTOU race can be exploited.
Process isolation limits the blast radius of a successful TOCTOU exploitation but does not remove the race itself.
Mitigating Controls (NIST CSF 2.0) AI
Derived directly from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry via our AI-authored CWE→CSF cross-walk (authority under review) — links open the control.
Secure SDLC practices directly include coding standards and reviews that prevent TOCTOU race conditions.
Mitigating Controls (ISO/IEC 27001:2022 Annex A) AI
Derived directly from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry via our AI-authored CWE→ISO cross-walk (authority under review) — links open the control.
Reliable, synchronized time across systems narrows the exploitable window in which a resource state can change between a security check and its use.