Quartus® Prime Standard and Quartus® Prime Lite Security Advisory
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 Standard Installer (SFX) on Windows, Altera Quartus Prime Lite Installer (SFX) on Windows allows Search Order Hijacking.This issue affects Quartus Prime Standard: from 23.1 through 24.1; Quartus Prime Lite: from 23.1 through 24.1.
Why it matters now
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 Standard | 23.1 – 24.1 | — | No fix listed | CNA |
| Intel | Quartus Prime Lite | 23.1 – 24.1 | — | No fix listed | CNA |
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2025-14599
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-58fv-5j68-xf6p
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-2025-14599 · CVE Program
- CVE-2025-14599 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-58fv-5j68-xf6p · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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