Local code execution via unsafe cache deserialization
Published Aug 13, 2025 · Updated Feb 26, 2026
Code injection in NVIDIA Apex before release 25.07 allows local users to execute code by supplying a malicious cache file. The OpenFold Triton cache synchronization code deserializes cache content with Python pickle, allowing object reconstruction to invoke attacker-controlled code. Exploitation requires local low-privilege access to place the file; injected code runs with the Apex-using process's privileges and can read or alter its data.
Summary
What happened
Code injection in NVIDIA Apex before release 25.07 allows local users to execute code by supplying a malicious cache file. The OpenFold Triton cache synchronization code deserializes cache content with Python pickle, allowing object reconstruction to invoke attacker-controlled code. Exploitation requires local low-privilege access to place the file; injected code runs with the Apex-using process's privileges and can read or alter its data.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2025-23295
- Published
- Aug 13, 2025
- Updated
- Feb 26, 2026
- Vendor
- DPDK Project
- Product
- NVIDIA Apex
- Classifications
- CWE-94, T1068
- Attack vector
- local
- Privileges
- authenticated
Timeline
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- Aug 13, 2025CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Feb 26, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=All versions before release 25.07
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