Code Injection via NVIDIA Megatron-LM ORQA NQ Component
CVE-2025-23349 Published on September 24, 2025

NVIDIA Megatron-LM for all platforms contains a vulnerability in the tasks/orqa/unsupervised/nq.py component, where an attacker may cause a code injection. A successful exploit of this vulnerability may lead to code execution, escalation of privileges, information disclosure, and data tampering.

NVD

Vulnerability Analysis

CVE-2025-23349 can be exploited with local system access, and requires small amount of 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:
LOW
User Interaction:
NONE
Scope:
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact:
HIGH
Integrity Impact:
HIGH
Availability Impact:
HIGH

Weakness Type

What is a Code Injection Vulnerability?

The software constructs all or part of a code segment using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify the syntax or behavior of the intended code segment.

CVE-2025-23349 has been classified to as a Code Injection vulnerability or weakness.


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Affected Versions

NVIDIA Megatron-LM Version All versions prior to 0.13.1 and 0.12.3 is affected by CVE-2025-23349

Exploit Probability

EPSS
0.03%
Percentile
6.82%

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.