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TI-2025-24166 Aliases CVE-2025-33231GHSA-5mf7-vvcv-g4pr

Uncontrolled search path in NVIDIA CUDA Toolkit

Priority LOW 31CWE-427Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Local
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
Required
Attack complexity
High
Impact type
Code execution
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
High · High · High
Fix status
No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-427.

Summary

NVIDIA Nsight Systems for Windows contains a vulnerability in the application’s DLL loading mechanism where an attacker could cause an uncontrolled search path element by exploiting insecure DLL search paths. 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

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00186 8th 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

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
NVIDIACUDA ToolkitAll versions prior to CUDA Toolkit 13.1—No fix listedCNA
  • CUDA Toolkit VendorNVIDIA Affected All versions prior to CUDA Toolkit 13.1 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 2

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:nvidia:cuda_toolkit:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*before 13.1.0VulnerableNVIDIA
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*not specified by NVDRunning onMicrosoft
  • cpe:2.3:a:nvidia:cuda_toolkit:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions before 13.1.0 Vulnerable ·NVIDIA
  • cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions not specified by NVD Running on ·Microsoft

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2025-33231
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-5mf7-vvcv-g4pr

References

Patch 1

Advisory 1

Other 1

  • 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-2025-24163 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
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Sources

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