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Amazon Linux 2023 : nvidia-container (ALAS2023NVIDIA-2026-297)

high Nessus Plugin ID 328506

Synopsis

The remote Amazon Linux 2023 host is missing a security update.

Description

It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ALAS2023NVIDIA-2026-297 advisory.

 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. (CVE-2026-24260)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the tested product security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Run 'dnf update nvidia-container-toolkit --releasever latest' or or 'dnf update --advisory ALAS2023NVIDIA-2026-297 --releasever latest' to update your system.

See Also

https://alas.aws.amazon.com//AL2023/ALAS2023NVIDIA-2026-297.html

https://alas.aws.amazon.com/faqs.html

https://explore.alas.aws.amazon.com/CVE-2026-24260.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 328506

File Name: al2023_ALAS2023NVIDIA-2026-297.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Published: 7/20/2026

Updated: 7/20/2026

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5

Percentile: 94.02

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.1

Temporal Score: 5.3

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:H/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-24260

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.5

Temporal Score: 7.4

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:amazon:linux:2023, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:nvidia-container

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/AmazonLinux/release, Host/AmazonLinux/rpm-list

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 7/20/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/1/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-24260

IAVB: 2026-B-0186