NVIDIA Bluefield/ConnectX, High-Priv Exec via Management Interface
CVE-2025-23299 Published on October 22, 2025

NVIDIA Bluefield and ConnectX contain a vulnerability in the management interface that could allow a malicious actor with high privilege access to execute arbitrary code.

NVD

Vulnerability Analysis

CVE-2025-23299 can be exploited with local system access, and requires user privileges. This vulnerability is considered to have a low attack complexity. The potential impact of an exploit of this vulnerability is considered to be very high.

Attack Vector:
LOCAL
Attack Complexity:
LOW
Privileges Required:
HIGH
User Interaction:
NONE
Scope:
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact:
HIGH
Integrity Impact:
HIGH
Availability Impact:
HIGH

Weakness Type

What is a Memory Corruption Vulnerability?

The software writes data past the end, or before the beginning, of the intended buffer. Typically, this can result in corruption of data, a crash, or code execution. The software may modify an index or perform pointer arithmetic that references a memory location that is outside of the boundaries of the buffer. A subsequent write operation then produces undefined or unexpected results.

CVE-2025-23299 has been classified to as a Memory Corruption vulnerability or weakness.


Products Associated with CVE-2025-23299

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Affected Versions

NVIDIA BlueField GA: NVIDIA BlueField LTS22: NVIDIA BlueField LTS23: NVIDIA BlueField LTS24: NVIDIA ConnectX GA: NVIDIA ConnectX LTS22: NVIDIA ConnectX LTS23: NVIDIA ConnectX LTS24: NVIDIA ConnectX-4 LX:

Exploit Probability

EPSS
0.02%
Percentile
5.84%

EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System) scores estimate the probability that a vulnerability will be exploited in the wild within the next 30 days. The percentile shows you how this score compares to all other vulnerabilities.