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title: "CVE-2024-0132: NVIDIA Container Toolkit contains a Time-of-check Time-of-Use (TOCTOU) vulnerability"
url: https://erroneo.us/security/cve/CVE-2024-0132/
description: "CVE-2024-0132 (github.com/NVIDIA/nvidia-container-toolkit (Go)): NVIDIA Container Toolkit 1.16.1 or earlier contains a Time-of-check Time-of-Use (TOCTOU)…"
type: vulnerability-record
section: "Security Digest"
date_published: 2024-09-26
date_modified: 2024-10-29
publisher: erroneo.us
author: erroneo.us Security Desk
cve: "CVE-2024-0132"
kev: false
cvss: 9.3
epss: 0.40842
license: All rights reserved. Quote with attribution and a link.
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# CVE-2024-0132: NVIDIA Container Toolkit contains a Time-of-check Time-of-Use (TOCTOU) vulnerability

**Signal:** High exploit likelihood. EPSS ranks it in the top 5% of all CVEs for likely exploitation in the next 30 days. (Computed from CISA KEV, EPSS and CVSS; not an editorial verdict.)

## Should you act?

- No confirmed exploitation. It is not in CISA’s KEV catalog and CISA’s SSVC assessment records no known exploitation. That can change quickly after a public write-up; re-check if you are affected.
- EPSS 40.8% , percentile 99: FIRST’s model estimates a 40.8% chance of exploitation activity in the next 30 days, higher than 99% of all scored CVEs (very high). EPSS is a probability, not a verdict.
- Needs an account (low (any account)). Exposure depends on who can log in.
- Only applies if your dependency tree includes github.com/NVIDIA/nvidia-container-toolkit (Go) < 1.16.2, fixed in 1.16.2 . Check your lockfile, including transitive dependencies.

## What it is

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.

## Affected packages

- Go `github.com/NVIDIA/nvidia-container-toolkit` < 1.16.2 → fixed: 1.16.2

## Affected products (CVE record)

- NVIDIA Container Toolkit: All versions up to and including v1.16.1
- NVIDIA GPU Operator: All versions up to and including 24.6.1

## Severity

- nvidia CVSS 3.1: 9 `CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H`
- GitHub CVSS 4.0: 9.3 `CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H`

## Exploitation

- CISA KEV: not listed (no confirmed in-the-wild exploitation known to CISA).
- CISA SSVC assessment: exploitation none , automatable no , technical impact total .
- FIRST EPSS (model of 2026-10-21): 40.84% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days; percentile 99.

## Sources

- [GitHub Advisory GHSA-mjjw-553x-87pq](https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-mjjw-553x-87pq)
- [CVE.org record CVE-2024-0132](https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-0132)
- [NVD entry CVE-2024-0132](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-0132)
- [nvidia.custhelp.com](https://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/5582)
- [github.com](https://github.com/NVIDIA/gpu-operator/security/advisories/GHSA-95rf-r6p4-44h7)
- [github.com](https://github.com/NVIDIA/libnvidia-container/security/advisories/GHSA-q2v4-jw5g-9xxj)
- [github.com](https://github.com/NVIDIA/nvidia-container-toolkit/security/advisories/GHSA-mjjw-553x-87pq)

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