Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2025-23282

high Nessus Plugin ID 271186

Synopsis

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed with a vulnerability that the vendor indicates will not be patched.

Description

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available.

- NVIDIA Display Driver for Linux contains a vulnerability where an attacker might be able to use a race condition to escalate privileges. A successful exploit of this vulnerability might lead to code execution, escalation of privileges, data tampering, denial of service, and information disclosure. (CVE-2025-23282)

Note that Nessus relies on the presence of the package as reported by the vendor.

Solution

There is no known solution at this time.

See Also

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2025-23282

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2025-23282

https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2025-23282

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 271186

File Name: unpatched_CVE_2025_23282.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Misc.

Published: 10/22/2025

Updated: 11/15/2025

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 7.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.9

Temporal Score: 5.9

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-23282

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7

Temporal Score: 6.4

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

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:U/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:nvidia-graphics-drivers-580, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:nvidia-graphics-drivers-418-server, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:qemu-kvm-device-display-virtio-gpu-gl, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:qemu-kvm-block-curl, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:nvidia-graphics-drivers-550, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:qemu-kvm, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:nvidia-graphics-drivers-470, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:qemu-kvm-device-display-virtio-gpu-pci, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:qemu-kvm-docs, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:qemu-guest-agent, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:qemu-kvm-device-display-virtio-gpu, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:nvidia-graphics-drivers-440, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:nvidia-graphics-drivers-535-server, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:nvidia-graphics-drivers-575-server, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:qemu-kvm-device-display-virtio-vga-gl, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:25.04, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:nvidia-graphics-drivers-510, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:nvidia-graphics-drivers-tesla-470, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:nvidia-graphics-drivers-440-server, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:qemu-kvm-ui-spice, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:qemu-kvm-block-blkio, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:22.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:14.0, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:qemu-kvm-tools, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:qemu-kvm-ui-egl-headless, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:qemu-kvm-block-gluster, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:qemu-kvm-block-iscsi, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:qemu-kvm-ui-spice, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:qemu-kvm-block-rbd, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:qemu-kvm-device-display-virtio-vga, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:libcacard, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:qemu-kiwi, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:nvidia-graphics-drivers-450, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:25.10, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:qemu-kvm-device-display-virtio-gpu-ccw, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:nvidia-graphics-drivers-435, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:nvidia-graphics-drivers-515, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:qemu-kvm-device-display-virtio-gpu, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:nvidia-graphics-drivers-340, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:11.0, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:20.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:qemu-kvm-common, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:24.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:nvidia-graphics-drivers-450-server, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:qemu-img, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:qemu-kiwi, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:qemu-kvm-device-usb-redirect, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:nvidia-graphics-drivers-580-server, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:qemu-kvm-device-usb-host, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:qemu-kvm-ui-opengl, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:nvidia-graphics-drivers-575, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:qemu-kvm-block-ssh, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libcacard, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:nvidia-graphics-drivers-tesla-418, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:libcacard-tools, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:10, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:qemu-kvm-ui-egl-headless, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:nvidia-graphics-drivers-304, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:qemu-kvm-tests, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:qemu-kvm-device-usb-host, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:nvidia-graphics-drivers-545, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:qemu-kvm-device-display-virtio-gpu-pci-gl, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:13.0, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:qemu-kvm-core, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:qemu-kvm-device-display-virtio-gpu-pci-gl, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:qemu-kvm-device-display-virtio-gpu-gl, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:qemu-kvm-block-iscsi, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libcacard-devel, cpe:/o:centos:centos:7, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:nvidia-graphics-drivers-470-server, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:nvidia-graphics-drivers-570-server, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:qemu-kvm-device-display-virtio-vga-gl, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:nvidia-graphics-drivers-455, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:nvidia-graphics-drivers-520, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:nvidia-graphics-drivers-570, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:qemu-guest-agent, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:qemu-kvm-docs, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:qemu-kvm-device-display-virtio-gpu-pci, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:qemu-guest-agent-win32, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:qemu-kvm-core, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:qemu-kvm, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:12.0, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:qemu-pr-helper, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:nvidia-graphics-drivers-460, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:qemu-kvm-device-display-virtio-gpu-ccw, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:nvidia-graphics-drivers-530, cpe:/o:centos:centos:8, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:qemu-kvm-device-display-virtio-vga, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:qemu-kvm-block-rbd, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:qemu-kvm-hw-usbredir, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:nvidia-graphics-drivers-560, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:qemu-kvm-tools, cpe:/a:redhat:advanced_virtualization:8::el8, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:qemu-kvm-block-blkio, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:qemu-kvm-ui-opengl, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:nvidia-graphics-drivers-legacy-390xx, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:qemu-kvm-block-ssh, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:nvidia-graphics-drivers-460-server, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:nvidia-graphics-drivers, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:qemu-kvm-audio-pa, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:nvidia-graphics-drivers-565-server, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:qemu-img, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:qemu-kvm-block-gluster, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:qemu-kvm-hw-usbredir, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:libcacard-devel, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:nvidia-graphics-drivers-535, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:qemu-kvm-device-usb-redirect, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:qemu-kvm-audio-pa, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:qemu-kvm-tests, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:nvidia-graphics-drivers-515-server, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:nvidia-graphics-drivers-430, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:qemu-kvm-common, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:qemu-pr-helper, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:nvidia-graphics-drivers-390, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:nvidia-graphics-drivers-tesla-535, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:nvidia-open-gpu-kernel-modules, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:qemu-kvm-block-curl, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libcacard-tools, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:nvidia-graphics-drivers-550-server, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:qemu-guest-agent-win32

Required KB Items: Host/cpu, Host/local_checks_enabled, global_settings/vendor_unpatched, Host/OS/identifier

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/9/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-23282