CVE-2025-33231 — Uncontrolled Search Path Element in Nvidia Cuda Toolkit
Severity
6.7MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
0.0%
top 95.18%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
Timeline
PublishedJan 20
Description
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.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HExploitability: 0.8 | Impact: 5.9
Affected Packages2 packages
Patches
🔴Vulnerability Details
3OSV▶
CVE-2025-33231: NVIDIA Nsight Systems for Windows contains a vulnerability in the application’s DLL loading mechanism where an attacker could cause an uncontrolled se↗2026-01-20
GHSA▶
GHSA-5mf7-vvcv-g4pr: NVIDIA Nsight Systems for Windows contains a vulnerability in the application’s DLL loading mechanism where an attacker could cause an uncontrolled se↗2026-01-20
CVEList▶
CVE-2025-33231: NVIDIA Nsight Systems for Windows contains a vulnerability in the application’s DLL loading mechanism where an attacker could cause an uncontrolled se↗2026-01-20
📋Vendor Advisories
1Debian▶
CVE-2025-33231: nvidia-cuda-toolkit - NVIDIA Nsight Systems for Windows contains a vulnerability in the application’s ...↗2025