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SCA: security update for github.com/NVIDIA/gpu-operator, github.com/NVIDIA/k8s-device-plugin, github.com/NVIDIA/mig-parted, github.com/NVIDIA/nvidia-container-toolkit (GHSA-vmg3-7v43-9g23)

critical Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 435466

Description

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

 - 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. (CVE-2025-23266)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-vmg3-7v43-9g23

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 435466

Version: Revision 1.9

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 9/30/2025

Updated: 7/2/2026

Supported Sensors: Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 7.8

Percentile: 99.36

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Critical

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.7

Temporal Score: 6

Vector: CVSS2#AV:A/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-23266

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9

Temporal Score: 8.1

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 7/17/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/15/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-23266

cwe: CWE-426