What is CVE-2025-23259?

CVE-2025-23259 is a medium-severity vulnerability in NVIDIA Mellanox Dpdk 20.11, classified under Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization (Race Condition). CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2025-09-04.

How severe is CVE-2025-23259?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.

Vulnerability in NVIDIA Mellanox Dpdk 20.11

CVE-2025-23259

NVIDIA Mellanox DPDK contains a vulnerability in Poll Mode Driver (PMD), where an attacker on a VM in the system might be able to cause information disclosure and denial of service on the network interface.

Vulnerability class: Race Condition

EPSS: 0.003 (19.8th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:H.

Affected products

Nvidia Mellanox Dpdk 20.11 — versions All versions prior to 20.11_7.8.0 LTS
Nvidia Mellanox Dpdk 22.11 — versions All versions prior to 22.11_2504.1.0, All versions prior to 22.11_2410 LTS, All versions prior to 22.11_2310 LTS
Nvidia Upstream Dpdk — versions All versions prior to 25.07, All versions prior to 24.11.3 LTS, All versions prior to 23.11.5 LTS

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-362 — Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization (Race Condition)

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2025-23259?: CVE-2025-23259 is a medium-severity vulnerability in NVIDIA Mellanox Dpdk 20.11, classified under Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization (Race Condition). CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2025-09-04.
How severe is CVE-2025-23259?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.