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GHSA-5MF7-VVCV-G4PR

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-01-20 18:31 – Updated: 2026-01-20 18:31

Details

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.

Severity

6.7 (Medium)


                  
                    CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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CVE-2025-33231 (GCVE-0-2025-33231)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-01-20 17:55 – Updated: 2026-02-26 14:44

Summary

Severity

6.7 (Medium)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

SSVC

Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: total

CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)

Decision recorded 2026-01-21 04:55 UTC

CWE

CWE-427 - Uncontrolled Search Path Element

Assigner

nvidia mitre root

References

3 references

URL	Tags
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-33231
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-33231
https://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_…

Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version
NVIDIA	CUDA Toolkit	Affected: All versions prior to CUDA Toolkit 13.1

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