Red Hat Security Advisory: toolbox security update
Toolbox is a tool for Linux operating systems, which allows the use of containerized command line environments. It is built on top of Podman and other standard container technologies from OCI. Security Fix(es): * nvidia-container-toolkit: Privilege Escalation via Hook Initialization in NVIDIA Container Toolkit (CVE-2025-23266) For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.
AI Analysis
Technical Summary
CVE-2025-23266 is a privilege escalation vulnerability in the NVIDIA Container Toolkit's hook initialization process, affecting the toolbox tool on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9. Toolbox leverages container technologies such as Podman and OCI to provide containerized command line environments. The vulnerability is classified under CWE-426 (Untrusted Search Path). Red Hat has released an important security advisory (RHSA-2025:13673) with updated toolbox packages to fix this issue across various supported architectures and update streams of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.
Potential Impact
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could allow an attacker to escalate privileges within the containerized environment facilitated by toolbox, potentially leading to unauthorized elevated access on affected systems running Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9. The severity is rated as high by Red Hat Product Security.
Mitigation Recommendations
Red Hat has released an official security update for toolbox that addresses CVE-2025-23266. Users of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 should apply the update as described in the Red Hat advisory RHSA-2025:13673 and the referenced article https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258. Applying this update remediates the vulnerability. No additional mitigation steps are indicated by the vendor.
Red Hat Security Advisory: toolbox security update
Description
Toolbox is a tool for Linux operating systems, which allows the use of containerized command line environments. It is built on top of Podman and other standard container technologies from OCI. Security Fix(es): * nvidia-container-toolkit: Privilege Escalation via Hook Initialization in NVIDIA Container Toolkit (CVE-2025-23266) For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.
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Technical Analysis
CVE-2025-23266 is a privilege escalation vulnerability in the NVIDIA Container Toolkit's hook initialization process, affecting the toolbox tool on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9. Toolbox leverages container technologies such as Podman and OCI to provide containerized command line environments. The vulnerability is classified under CWE-426 (Untrusted Search Path). Red Hat has released an important security advisory (RHSA-2025:13673) with updated toolbox packages to fix this issue across various supported architectures and update streams of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.
Potential Impact
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could allow an attacker to escalate privileges within the containerized environment facilitated by toolbox, potentially leading to unauthorized elevated access on affected systems running Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9. The severity is rated as high by Red Hat Product Security.
Mitigation Recommendations
Red Hat has released an official security update for toolbox that addresses CVE-2025-23266. Users of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 should apply the update as described in the Red Hat advisory RHSA-2025:13673 and the referenced article https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258. Applying this update remediates the vulnerability. No additional mitigation steps are indicated by the vendor.
Technical Details
- Gcve Source
- db.gcve.eu
- Csaf Category
- csaf_security_advisory
- Csaf Version
- 2.0
- Publisher
- Red Hat Product Security
- Advisory Id
- RHSA-2025:13674
- Cve Count
- 1
Threat ID: 6a294f498dd33fbd853ca296
Added to database: 06/10/2026, 11:49:29 UTC
Last enriched: 07/01/2026, 00:55:38 UTC
Last updated: 09/10/2026, 19:36:49 UTC
Views: 76
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