What is the CVSS score of CVE-2025-23279?

CVE-2025-23279 has a contested CVSS base score of 7.0 from a third party (e.g. CISA-ADP), while the vendor rates it High. vuln.today uses the vendor rating as authoritative.

Which versions of Nvidia are affected by CVE-2025-23279?

Organizations using NVIDIA .run Installer for Linux and Solaris face moderate risk from CVE-2025-23279 rated CVSS 7.0. Exploitation could compromise the security of affected deployments.. A patch is available.

How to fix or mitigate CVE-2025-23279?

Within 30 days: Identify all affected systems and apply vendor patches as part of regular patch cycle. Monitor vendor channels for patch availability.

Nvidia CVE-2025-23279

HIGH

Time-of-check Time-of-use (TOCTOU) Race Condition (CWE-367)

2025-08-02 psirt@nvidia.com

Denial Of Service RCE Nvidia Information Disclosure Suse

High

Disputed · 7.0 NVD

Severity by source

Sources disagree (Low–High)

NVD PRIMARY

7.0 HIGH

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

SUSE

3.1 LOW

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

vuln.today treats the vendor’s rating as authoritative. A higher third-party CVSS (e.g. CISA-ADP) is shown for transparency but does not drive the headline severity.

CVSS VectorNVD

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

High

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

Lifecycle Timeline

Patch released

Apr 05, 2026 - 08:30 nvd

Patch available

Analysis Generated

Mar 28, 2026 - 19:04 vuln.today

CVE Published

Aug 02, 2025 - 22:15 nvd

HIGH 7.0

DescriptionCVE.org

NVIDIA .run Installer for Linux and Solaris contains a vulnerability where an attacker could use a race condition to escalate privileges. A successful exploit of this vulnerability might lead to code execution, escalation of privileges, information disclosure, denial of service, or data tampering.

AnalysisAI

NVIDIA .run Installer for Linux and Solaris contains a vulnerability where an attacker could use a race condition to escalate privileges. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.0). No vendor patch available.

Technical ContextAI

This vulnerability is classified under CWE-367. NVIDIA .run Installer for Linux and Solaris contains a vulnerability where an attacker could use a race condition to escalate privileges. A successful exploit of this vulnerability might lead to code execution, escalation of privileges, information disclosure, denial of service, or data tampering.

Affected ProductsAI

See vendor advisory for affected versions.

RemediationAI

No vendor patch is available at time of analysis. Monitor vendor advisories for updates. Apply vendor patches when available. Implement network segmentation and monitoring as interim mitigations.

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Vendor StatusVendor

SUSE

Severity: Low

Product	Status
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP6 SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP6	Fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP7 SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP7	Fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP4-ESPOS	Fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP4-LTSS	Fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP5-ESPOS	Fixed

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Severity by source

CVSS VectorNVD

Lifecycle Timeline

DescriptionCVE.org

AnalysisAI

Technical ContextAI

Affected ProductsAI

RemediationAI

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Same weakness CWE-367 – Time-of-check Time-of-use (TOCTOU) Race Condition

Same technique Denial Of Service

Vendor StatusVendor

SUSE

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