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TI-2025-17134 Aliases CVE-2025-23359GHSA-4hmh-pm5p-9j7j

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

Priority HIGH 71CWE-367Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
Required
Attack complexity
High
Impact type
—
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
High · High · High
Fix status
No fix listed

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

Summary

NVIDIA Container Toolkit for Linux contains a Time-of-Check Time-of-Use (TOCTOU) vulnerability when used with default configuration, where a crafted container image could gain access to the host file system. A successful exploit of this vulnerability might lead to code execution, denial of service, escalation of privileges, information disclosure, and data tampering.

Why it matters now

Exploitation Proof of concept CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.03669 89th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Public exploit Yes 1 exploit referenceTagged by NVD
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation
Poc
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 1.17.3—No fix listedCNA
NVIDIAGPU OperatorAll versions up to and including 24.9.1—No fix listedCNA
  • Container Toolkit VendorNVIDIA Affected All versions up to and including 1.17.3 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
  • GPU Operator VendorNVIDIA Affected All versions up to and including 24.9.1 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 3

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:nvidia:nvidia_container_toolkit:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*before 1.17.4VulnerableNVIDIA
cpe:2.3:a:nvidia:nvidia_gpu_operator:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*before 24.9.2VulnerableNVIDIA
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*not specified by NVDRunning onLinux
  • cpe:2.3:a:nvidia:nvidia_container_toolkit:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions before 1.17.4 Vulnerable ·NVIDIA
  • cpe:2.3:a:nvidia:nvidia_gpu_operator:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions before 24.9.2 Vulnerable ·NVIDIA
  • cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions not specified by NVD Running on ·Linux

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

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

Not affected: 3 products
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AI (RHEL AI)

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2025-23359
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-4hmh-pm5p-9j7j

References

Exploit 1

Advisory 1

  • TI-2024-00121 Time-of-check time-of-use race condition in NVIDIA Container Toolkit CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.0
  • 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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