CVE-2025-23259

MEDIUM

6.5

CVSS Score

Published: September 4, 2025 at 03:52 PM UTC

Updated: October 18, 2026 at 09:10 PM UTC

1 product affected across 1 vendorData Plane Development Kit

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Severity

MEDIUM6.5

Exploit prediction

EPSS 0.3%

SSVC

No known exploit

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

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Data Plane Development Kit · NVIDIA

90%

All versions prior to 20.11_7.8.0 LTSAll versions prior to 22.11.10 LTSAll versions prior to 22.11_2310 LTSAll versions prior to 22.11_2410 LTSAll versions prior to 22.11_2504.1.0All versions prior to 23.11.5 LTSAll versions prior to 24.11.3 LTSAll versions prior to 25.07

Affected range stops below 20.11_7.8.0, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Affected range stops below 22.11.10, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Affected range stops below 22.11_2310, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Affected range stops below 22.11_2410, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Affected range stops below 22.11_2504.1.0, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Affected range stops below 23.11.5, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Affected range stops below 24.11.3, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Affected range stops below 25.07, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet, and no fixed version or vendor advisory is recorded against it.

References (3)

Source: [email protected]

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-23259

Source: [email protected]

https://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/5655

Source: [email protected]

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-23259

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCNo known exploitNot automatablePartial impact

SSVC signals action urgency (what to patch first), separate from CVSS which measures severity.

CVSS

6.5MEDIUMnvidia

Attack Vector: NETWORK
Complexity: HIGH
Privileges: NONE
User Interaction: NONE
Scope: UNCHANGED
Confidentiality: LOW
Integrity: NONE
Availability: HIGH

Vector?

Quick Info

StatusDEFERRED

CWE

CWE-362

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