# CVE-2024-0137: Privilege escalation in NVIDIA Container Toolkit

> Attackers can escalate privileges and cause denial of service by running untrusted code in the host network namespace via a crafted container image.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.5 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** Yes
- **Published:** 28 Jan 2025
- **Updated:** 28 Jan 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-frhw-w3wm-6cw4

## What is CVE-2024-0137?

CVE-2024-0137 is a medium-severity vulnerability in NVIDIA Container Toolkit, published on 28 Jan 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official description

NVIDIA Container Toolkit contains an improper isolation vulnerability where a specially crafted container image could lead to untrusted code running in the host’s network namespace. This vulnerability is present only when the NVIDIA Container Toolkit is configured in a nondefault way. A successful exploit of this vulnerability may lead to denial of service and escalation of privileges.

Weakness: CWE-653 (Improper Isolation or Compartmentalization)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-0137?

It affects 2 products.


Products: Nvidia Nvidia Container Toolkit, Nvidia Nvidia Gpu Operator.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-0137?

Apply the vendor's patch.

## Is CVE-2024-0137 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-0137 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in NVIDIA Container Toolkit

- [CVE-2024-0132](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-0132/): NVIDIA Container Toolkit contains a Time-of-check Time-of-Use (TOCTOU) vulnerability (critical 9.0)
- [CVE-2025-23359](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-23359/): Race condition in Container Toolkit (high 8.3)
- [CVE-2024-0135](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-0135/): Privilege escalation in NVIDIA Container Toolkit (high 7.6)
- [CVE-2024-0136](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-0136/): Privilege escalation in NVIDIA Container Toolkit (high 7.6)
- [CVE-2024-0134](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-0134/): Path traversal in NVIDIA Container Toolkit (medium 4.1)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-0137 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-0137 is a medium-severity vulnerability in NVIDIA Container Toolkit, published on 28 Jan 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-0137 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: NVIDIA Container Toolkit. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-0137/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-0137/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-0137
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-0137
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-0137

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-0137/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.