Red Hat Security Advisory: toolbox security update
Affects Red Hat toolboxSource GCVE Database
Not known to be exploited · CVSS 9.0 Critical.
Data as of 5 Nov 2026, 19:19 UTC
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:HExploitation evidence
Disclosed: evidence found.
CVE published 17 Jul 2025
Detectable: no evidence on record.
No public nuclei template indexed
Weaponized: no evidence on record.
No public exploit code indexed in Metasploit or Exploit-DB
Exploited in the wildExploited: no evidence on record.
Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation
Observed by OffSeq MirageSeen by Mirage: no evidence on record.
No attack traffic recorded by OffSeq Mirage sensors
A missing step is not evidence of safety. Sources: cve.org (opens in a new tab), the Metasploit, Exploit-DB and nuclei-templates index as of 5 Nov 2026.
What to do
AI-suggested
Red Hat has released an official security update for toolbox that addresses this vulnerability. Users of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 and its extended update support versions should apply the provided updates promptly. Detailed instructions for applying the update are available in the Red Hat knowledge base article https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258. No additional mitigation steps are indicated beyond applying the official patch.
Description
A privilege escalation vulnerability (CVE-2025-23266) exists in the NVIDIA Container Toolkit used by the toolbox tool on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9. This flaw involves hook initialization in the NVIDIA Container Toolkit and could allow an attacker to gain elevated privileges. Red Hat has issued a security update to address this issue in toolbox packages for multiple architectures and variants of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.