High [CVE-2026-24260] Privilege escalation and code execution via race condition
This high-severity Red Hat Linux advisory covers CVE-2026-24260.
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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.
Red Hat ships NVIDIA Container Toolkit version 1.19.1 in RHEL 9 and RHEL 10, which includes the fix for this vulnerability. Red Hat severity: Important — CVSS 8.5 (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H).
Weakness: CWE-367. Red Hat lists Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10; Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 as not affected.
Affected versions
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Fixed versions
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Mitigation checklist
- Mitigation for this issue is either not available or the currently available options do not meet the Red Hat Product Security criteria comprising ease of use and deployment, applicability to widespread installation base or stability.
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