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CVE-2025-14596: altera quartus prime pro Uncontrolled Search Path Element

CVSS: 6.7v3.1MediumAnalyzed
Published 06-01-2026Last modified 06-01-2026
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2025-14596 is a medium (CVSS 6.7) Uncontrolled Search Path Element vulnerability in altera quartus prime pro. EPSS estimates a 0.11% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 1.1% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
27/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
6.7/10
010
Medium · v3.1 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
0.11%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Timeline

  1. 06-01-2026
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 06-01-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Uncontrolled Search Path Element vulnerability in Altera Quartus Prime Pro Installer (SFX) on Windows allows Search Order Hijacking.This issue affects Quartus Prime Pro: from 24.1 through 24.3.1.

CVSS metrics

4 scores · 2 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

0.11%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

1%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 0.11% on 19-09-2026

19-09-202619-10-2026
EPSS score
0.11%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Altera1 product
Intel1 product

2 vendors · 2 products

References

1 links