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TI-2024-00121 Aliases CVE-2024-0132GHSA-mjjw-553x-87pq

Time-of-check time-of-use race condition in NVIDIA Container Toolkit

Priority HIGH 69CWE-367Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
Required
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
—
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
High · High · High
Fix status
Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA and GitHub.

Summary

NVIDIA Container Toolkit 1.16.1 or earlier contains a Time-of-check Time-of-Use (TOCTOU) vulnerability when used with default configuration where a specifically crafted container image may gain access to the host file system. This does not impact use cases where CDI is used. A successful exploit of this vulnerability may lead to code execution, denial of service, escalation of privileges, information disclosure, and data tampering.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.40842 98th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed github.com/NVIDIA/nvidia-container-toolkit (Go): 1.16.2

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation
None
Automatable
No
Technical impact
Total

The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
NVIDIAContainer ToolkitAll versions up to and including v1.16.1—No fix listedCNA
NVIDIAGPU OperatorAll versions up to and including 24.6.1—No fix listedCNA
—github.com/NVIDIA/nvidia-container-toolkit (Go)before 1.16.21.16.2Patch availableGHSA-mjjw-553x-87pq
  • Container Toolkit VendorNVIDIA Affected All versions up to and including v1.16.1 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
  • GPU Operator VendorNVIDIA Affected All versions up to and including 24.6.1 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
  • github.com/NVIDIA/nvidia-container-toolkit (Go) Vendor— Affected before 1.16.2 Fixed in 1.16.2 Patch available GHSA-mjjw-553x-87pq

CPE configurations NVD · 3

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:nvidia:nvidia_container_toolkit:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*before 1.16.2VulnerableNVIDIA
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*not specified by NVDRunning onLinux
cpe:2.3:a:nvidia:nvidia_gpu_operator:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*before 24.6.2VulnerableNVIDIA
  • cpe:2.3:a:nvidia:nvidia_container_toolkit:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions before 1.16.2 Vulnerable ·NVIDIA
  • cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions not specified by NVD Running on ·Linux
  • cpe:2.3:a:nvidia:nvidia_gpu_operator:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions before 24.6.2 Vulnerable ·NVIDIA

Remediation

  • Fix · GHSA-mjjw-553x-87pq github.com/NVIDIA/nvidia-container-toolkit (Go) Fixed in 1.16.2 Advisory →

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

Red Hat rating: Important. Red Hat's page for this CVE →

Not affected: 1 product
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AI (RHEL AI)

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2024-0132
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-mjjw-553x-87pq

References

Advisory 2

Other 4

  • TI-2025-17134 Time-of-check time-of-use race condition in NVIDIA Container Toolkit CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.3
  • TI-2024-00125 NVIDIA Container Toolkit contains an improper isolation vulnerability where a specially… CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.4
  • TI-2024-00124 NVIDIA Container Toolkit contains an improper isolation vulnerability where a specially… CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.6
  • TI-2024-00126 NVIDIA Container Toolkit contains an improper isolation vulnerability where a specially… CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.5
  • TI-2024-00123 NVIDIA Container Toolkit and NVIDIA GPU Operator for Linux contain a UNIX vulnerability… CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 4.1
  • TI-2024-00122 Time-of-check time-of-use race condition in NVIDIA Container Toolkit CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 4.1

Sources

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