CVE-2025-33186Network attack vector

Privilege escalation via hard-coded administrator credentials

Published Nov 11, 2025 · Updated Nov 11, 2025

Hard-coded credentials in NVIDIA AIStore AuthN before 3.31 allow remote attackers to obtain administrative access to protected clusters. The pre-3.31 AuthN deployment path provisions its built-in administrator with an embedded credential instead of requiring an operator-supplied secret. Exploitation requires user interaction with the affected service, after which administrative tokens enable privilege escalation, data disclosure, and data tampering.

CVSS severity8.8
High
EPSS probability0.37%
Next 30 days · Sep 16, 2026
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
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Summary

What happened

Hard-coded credentials in NVIDIA AIStore AuthN before 3.31 allow remote attackers to obtain administrative access to protected clusters. The pre-3.31 AuthN deployment path provisions its built-in administrator with an embedded credential instead of requiring an operator-supplied secret. Exploitation requires user interaction with the affected service, after which administrative tokens enable privilege escalation, data disclosure, and data tampering.

The record

CVE
CVE-2025-33186
Published
Nov 11, 2025
Updated
Nov 11, 2025
Vendor
DPDK Project
Product
NVIDIA AIStore AuthN
Classifications
CWE-798, T1078
Attack vector
network
Privileges
unauthenticated

Timeline

How it unfolded

  1. Nov 11, 2025CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
  2. Nov 11, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.

Exploitability

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  1. Affected versionversion=All versions prior to 3.31

What conditions does exploitation require?

Attack vectornetwork
Required privilegesunauthenticated

What is affected?

DPDK Project · NVIDIA AIStore AuthNversion=All versions prior to 3.31

Published CVSS scores

8.8NVIDIA CorporationCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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Sep 10, 2026Sep 16, 2026
Latest reporting daySep 16, 2026
Latest daily unique IPsUnavailable
Prior 30-day averageUnavailable
SourceShadowserver honeypots (KEV)
Vectornetwork
Privilegesunauthenticated
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
Public exploitUnconfirmed

Weakness, pattern, technique

CWE-798Use of Hard-coded Credentials
T1078Valid Accounts

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