Information disclosure in NVIDIA Cumulus Linux

CVE-2025-23261

NVIDIA Cumulus Linux and NVOS products contain a vulnerability, where hashed user passwords are not properly suppressed in log files, potentially disclosing information to unauthorized users.

Published · last modified .

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.002 (5.3th percentile), scored .

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 5th percentile — 5.3% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS trend (30 days)EPSS over the last 30 days for CVE-2025-23261: held from 0.002 to 0.002.

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

Affected products

  • NVIDIA Cumulus Linux — versions Cumulus Linux 5.12, 5.11, 5.10, 5.9 and older
  • NVIDIA Nvos — versions NVOS 25.02.21xx, 25.02.22xx, 25.02.23xx, NVOS 25.02.3xxx

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2025-23261?
CVE-2025-23261 is a medium-severity vulnerability in NVIDIA Cumulus Linux, classified under Insertion of Sensitive Information into Log File. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2025-09-04.
How severe is CVE-2025-23261?
Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.