CVE-2025-33186
📋 TL;DR
NVIDIA AIStore has an authentication vulnerability (CWE-798: Use of Hard-coded Credentials) that allows attackers to bypass authentication mechanisms. Successful exploitation could lead to privilege escalation, information disclosure, and data tampering. This affects organizations using NVIDIA AIStore for AI/ML data management.
💻 Affected Systems
- NVIDIA AIStore
⚠️ Manual Verification Required
This CVE does not have specific version information in our database, so automatic vulnerability detection cannot determine if your system is affected.
Why? The CVE database entry doesn't specify which versions are vulnerable (no version ranges provided by the vendor/NVD).
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- Review the CVE details at NVD
- Check vendor security advisories for your specific version
- Test if the vulnerability is exploitable in your environment
- Consider updating to the latest version as a precaution
⚠️ Risk & Real-World Impact
Worst Case
Complete compromise of AIStore instance allowing unauthorized access to sensitive AI/ML datasets, model tampering, and lateral movement to connected systems.
Likely Case
Unauthorized access to AI/ML datasets, potential data exfiltration, and manipulation of stored models and training data.
If Mitigated
Limited impact with proper network segmentation and access controls, but authentication bypass still possible.
🎯 Exploit Status
CWE-798 typically involves hard-coded credentials or authentication bypass that requires minimal technical skill to exploit once discovered.
🛠️ Fix & Mitigation
✅ Official Fix
Patch Version: 3.5.0 and later
Vendor Advisory: https://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/5724
Restart Required: Yes
Instructions:
1. Download NVIDIA AIStore version 3.5.0 or later from NVIDIA's official channels. 2. Stop the AIStore service. 3. Backup configuration and data. 4. Install the updated version. 5. Restart the AIStore service. 6. Verify functionality.
🔧 Temporary Workarounds
Network Segmentation
linuxRestrict network access to AIStore instances to only trusted networks and required users
# Example firewall rule (iptables): iptables -A INPUT -p tcp --dport <AIStore_port> -s <trusted_network> -j ACCEPT
# Example firewall rule (iptables): iptables -A INPUT -p tcp --dport <AIStore_port> -j DROP
Access Control Lists
linuxImplement additional authentication layers or proxy authentication
# Configure reverse proxy with additional auth (nginx example): location /aistore/ { proxy_pass http://localhost:<port>; auth_basic "Restricted"; auth_basic_user_file /etc/nginx/.htpasswd; }
🧯 If You Can't Patch
- Implement strict network access controls to limit AIStore exposure to only necessary systems and users.
- Deploy additional authentication mechanisms (API gateway, reverse proxy with authentication) in front of AIStore.
🔍 How to Verify
Check if Vulnerable:
Check AIStore version: aistore version | grep Version. If version is below 3.5.0, system is vulnerable.Check Version:
aistore versionVerify Fix Applied:
Verify version is 3.5.0 or higher: aistore version | grep 'Version: 3.5' or higher. Test authentication functionality.📡 Detection & Monitoring
Log Indicators:
- Failed authentication attempts followed by successful access without proper credentials
- Unusual access patterns to AIStore endpoints
- Authentication bypass attempts in application logs
Network Indicators:
- Unauthorized API calls to AIStore endpoints
- Traffic to AIStore from unexpected sources
- Authentication-related protocol anomalies
SIEM Query:
source="aistore.log" AND (event_type="auth_failure" OR event_type="auth_bypass")