What is CVE-2025-23260?

CVE-2025-23260 is a medium-severity vulnerability in NVIDIA Ais Operator, classified under Incorrect Privilege Assignment. CVSS score: 5.0/10. Published 2025-06-24.

How severe is CVE-2025-23260?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.0 out of 10.

Privilege escalation in NVIDIA Ais Operator

CVE-2025-23260

NVIDIA AIStore contains a vulnerability in the AIS Operator where a user may gain elevated k8s cluster access by using the ServiceAccount attached to the ClusterRole. A successful exploit of this vulnerability may lead to information disclosure.

Published 2025-06-24 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.0 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.002 (12.8th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 13th percentile — 12.8% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.002 · newest: 0.002 · change: +0.000

Affected products

NVIDIA Ais Operator — versions All versions prior 2.3.0
NVIDIA Aistore — versions All versions prior 2.3.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-266 — Incorrect Privilege Assignment

References

nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/5660 (Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2025-23260?: CVE-2025-23260 is a medium-severity vulnerability in NVIDIA Ais Operator, classified under Incorrect Privilege Assignment. CVSS score: 5.0/10. Published 2025-06-24.
How severe is CVE-2025-23260?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.0 out of 10.