Vulnerability · Published Sep 4, 2025 · Assigned by nvidia

CVE-2025-23257

High 7.3

In plain English

A high-severity incorrect permission assignment in NVIDIA DOCA with collectx-clxapidev from NVIDIA. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.2% (higher than 5% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)7.3High
Exploit odds (30 days)0.2%top 94.6% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

NVIDIA DOCA contains a vulnerability in the collectx-clxapidev Debian package that could allow an actor with low privileges to escalate privileges. A successful exploit of this vulnerability might lead to escalation of privileges.

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
NVIDIA NVIDIA DOCA with collectx-clxapidev All 2.9 versions prior to 2.9.3
NVIDIA NVIDIA DOCA with collectx-clxapidev All 2.10 versions

Weakness: CWE-732 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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