OS command injection in NVIDIA CUDA Toolkit
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
- Deferred Red Hat: fix deferred
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA and Red Hat. Impact type from CWE-78.
Summary
NVIDIA Nsight Systems contains a vulnerability in the gfx_hotspot recipe, where an attacker could cause an OS command injection by supplying a malicious string to the process_nsys_rep_cli.py script if the script is invoked manually. A successful exploit of this vulnerability might lead to code execution, escalation of privileges, data tampering, denial of service, and information disclosure.
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
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Vendor assessments
Red Hat
Red Hat rating: Moderate. Red Hat's page for this CVE →
| Product | Status | Plan or fix |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2025-33228
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-p5c4-pcw7-pqff
References
More NVIDIA Cuda Toolkit vulnerabilities
- TI-2022-06192 Integer overflow in NVIDIA CUDA Toolkit CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.8
- TI-2025-24165 OS command injection in NVIDIA CUDA Toolkit CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.3
- TI-2025-17115 Stack-based buffer overflow in NVIDIA CUDA Toolkit CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.8
- TI-2025-17084 Heap-based buffer overflow in NVIDIA CUDA Toolkit CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.8
- TI-2025-17023 NVIDIA CUDA Toolkit for all platforms contains a vulnerability in the cuobjdump binary… CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.8
- TI-2020-04906 Out-of-bounds read in NVIDIA CUDA Toolkit CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.8
Sources
- CVE-2025-33228 · CVE Program
- CVE-2025-33228 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-p5c4-pcw7-pqff · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2025-33228 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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