Uncontrolled search path in NVIDIA GeForce
Priority LOW 37CWE-427Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Local
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- Required
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Code execution
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · High
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-427.
Summary
NVIDIA Display Driver contains a vulnerability where an uncontrolled DLL loading path might lead to arbitrary denial of service, escalation of privileges, code execution, and data tampering.
Why it matters now
Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00185 8th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed GeForce (NVIDIA): 581.42NVIDIA RTX, Quadro, NVS (NVIDIA): 581.42, 573.76, 539.56+1 more product
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NVIDIA | GeForce | before 581.42 | 581.42 | Patch available | CNA |
| NVIDIA | NVIDIA RTX, Quadro, NVS | before 581.42 | 581.42 | Patch available | CNA |
| NVIDIA | NVIDIA RTX, Quadro, NVS | before 573.76 | 573.76 | Patch available | CNA |
| NVIDIA | NVIDIA RTX, Quadro, NVS | before 539.56 | 539.56 | Patch available | CNA |
| NVIDIA | Tesla | before 581.42 | 581.42 | Patch available | CNA |
| NVIDIA | Tesla | before 573.76 | 573.76 | Patch available | CNA |
| NVIDIA | Tesla | before 539.56 | 539.56 | Patch available | CNA |
- GeForce VendorNVIDIA Affected before 581.42 Fixed in 581.42 Patch available CNA
- NVIDIA RTX, Quadro, NVS VendorNVIDIA Affected before 581.42 Fixed in 581.42 Patch available CNA
- NVIDIA RTX, Quadro, NVS VendorNVIDIA Affected before 573.76 Fixed in 573.76 Patch available CNA
- NVIDIA RTX, Quadro, NVS VendorNVIDIA Affected before 539.56 Fixed in 539.56 Patch available CNA
- Tesla VendorNVIDIA Affected before 581.42 Fixed in 581.42 Patch available CNA
- Tesla VendorNVIDIA Affected before 573.76 Fixed in 573.76 Patch available CNA
- Tesla VendorNVIDIA Affected before 539.56 Fixed in 539.56 Patch available CNA
Remediation
- Fix · CNA GeForce (NVIDIA) Fixed in 581.42
- Fix · CNA NVIDIA RTX, Quadro, NVS (NVIDIA) Fixed in 581.42
- Fix · CNA NVIDIA RTX, Quadro, NVS (NVIDIA) Fixed in 573.76
- Fix · CNA NVIDIA RTX, Quadro, NVS (NVIDIA) Fixed in 539.56
- Fix · CNA Tesla (NVIDIA) Fixed in 581.42
- Fix · CNA Tesla (NVIDIA) Fixed in 573.76
- Fix · CNA Tesla (NVIDIA) Fixed in 539.56
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2025-23309
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-967f-698g-56vh
References
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- TI-2024-00121 Time-of-check time-of-use race condition in NVIDIA Container Toolkit CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.0
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Sources
- CVE-2025-23309 · CVE Program
- CVE-2025-23309 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-967f-698g-56vh · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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