CVE-2026-24260 (GCVE-0-2026-24260)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-07-01 14:34 – Updated: 2026-07-02 03:57
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Summary
NVIDIA Container Toolkit for Linux contains a vulnerability where an attacker could cause a time-of-check time-of-use race condition. A successful exploit of this vulnerability might lead to code execution, escalation of privileges, and data tampering.
Severity
8.5 (High)
SSVC
Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2026-07-01 00:00 UTC
CWE
- CWE-367 - Time-of-check Time-of-use (TOCTOU) Race Condition
Assigner
References
Impacted products
2 products
| Vendor | Product | Version | CPE status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NVIDIA | Container Toolkit |
Affected:
All versions up to and including 1.19.0
|
guessed | |
| NVIDIA | GPU Operator |
Affected:
All versions up to and including 26.3.1
|
guessed |
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