Quartus Prime Pro Edition Installer Advisory
Priority LOW 25CWE-427Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Local
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- Active
- Attack complexity
- High
- Attack requirements
- Present
- Impact type
- Code execution
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · High
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 4.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-427.
Summary
Uncontrolled Search Path Element vulnerability in Altera Quartus Prime Pro Installer (SFX) on Windows allows Search Order Hijacking.This issue affects Quartus Prime Pro: from 24.1 through 24.3.1.
Why it matters now
Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.0011 1st percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Total
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Intel | Quartus Prime Pro | 24.1 – 24.3.1 | — | No fix listed | CNA |
- Quartus Prime Pro VendorIntel Affected 24.1 – 24.3.1 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2025-14596
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-5f84-6463-h54p
References
More Intel Quartus Prime vulnerabilities
- TI-2022-05600 XML external entity injection in Intel Quartus Prime Pro Edition CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
- TI-2022-05613 XML external entity injection in Intel Quartus Prime Pro Edition CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.8
- TI-2022-05574 Improper access control in a third-party component of Intel(R) Quartus(R) Prime Pro… CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.8
- TI-2021-20067 Improper input validation in Intel Quartus Prime Pro Edition CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.8
- TI-2022-20085 Uncontrolled search path in Intel Quartus Prime Pro edition software CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.8
- TI-2022-15073 Improper access control in the Intel(R) FPGA SDK for OpenCL(TM) with Intel(R) Quartus(R)… CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.8
Sources
- CVE-2025-14596 · CVE Program
- CVE-2025-14596 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-5f84-6463-h54p · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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