Privilege escalation in Nvidia Dgx A100
CVE-2023-25521
NVIDIA DGX A100/A800 contains a vulnerability in SBIOS where an attacker may cause execution with unnecessary privileges by leveraging a weakness whereby proper input parameter validation is not performed. A successful exploit of this vulnerability may lead to denial of service, information disclosure, and data tampering.
EPSS: 0.001 (4.5th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H.
Affected products
- Nvidia Dgx_a100
- Nvidia Dgx A100/a800 — versions All SBIOS versions prior to 1.21
- Nvidia Dgx_a100_firmware
- Nvidia Dgx_a800
- Nvidia Dgx_a800_firmware
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- psirt@nvidia.com (Vendor Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2023-25521?
- CVE-2023-25521 is a high-severity vulnerability in Nvidia Dgx A100, classified under CWE-250. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2023-07-04.
- How severe is CVE-2023-25521?
- High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.