Vulnerability · Published Sep 4, 2025 · Assigned by nvidia
CVE-2025-23259
Medium 6.5
In plain English
A medium-severity race condition in Mellanox DPDK 20.11 from NVIDIA. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.3% (higher than 24% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.
Severity (CVSS 3.1)6.5Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.3%top 76.3% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
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.
Affected packages & fixed versions
| Ecosystem | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian:12 | dpdk | no fix listed | DEBIAN-CVE-2025-23259 |
| Debian:13 | dpdk | 24.11.3-1~deb13u1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2025-23259 |
| Debian:14 | dpdk | 24.11.3-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2025-23259 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | dpdk | 21.11.9-0ubuntu0.22.04.2 | USN-7816-1 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | dpdk | 21.11.9-0ubuntu0.22.04.2 | UBUNTU-CVE-2025-23259 |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | dpdk | 23.11.4-0ubuntu0.24.04.2 | USN-7816-1 |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | dpdk | 23.11.4-0ubuntu0.24.04.2 | UBUNTU-CVE-2025-23259 |
Affected products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| NVIDIA | Mellanox DPDK 22.11 | All versions prior to 22.11_2504.1.0 |
| NVIDIA | Mellanox DPDK 22.11 | All versions prior to 22.11_2410 LTS |
| NVIDIA | Mellanox DPDK 22.11 | All versions prior to 22.11_2310 LTS |
| NVIDIA | Mellanox DPDK 20.11 | All versions prior to 20.11_7.8.0 LTS |
| NVIDIA | Upstream DPDK | All versions prior to 25.07 |
| NVIDIA | Upstream DPDK | All versions prior to 24.11.3 LTS |
| NVIDIA | Upstream DPDK | All versions prior to 23.11.5 LTS |
| NVIDIA | Upstream DPDK | All versions prior to 22.11.10 LTS |
Weakness: CWE-362 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:H