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CVE-2025-14599: altera quartus prime lite Uncontrolled Search Path Element

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

CVE-2025-14599 is a medium (CVSS 6.7) Uncontrolled Search Path Element vulnerability in altera quartus prime lite. 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 Standard Installer (SFX) on Windows, Altera Quartus Prime Lite Installer (SFX) on Windows allows Search Order Hijacking.This issue affects Quartus Prime Standard: from 23.1 through 24.1; Quartus Prime Lite: from 23.1 through 24.1.

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

Altera2 products
Intel1 product

2 vendors · 3 products

References

1 links