7.3

CVE-2025-33230: nvidia cuda_toolkit OS Command Injection

CVSS: 7.3v3.1HighAnalyzed
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2025-33230DEBIAN-CVE-2025-33230
Published 20-01-2026Last modified 26-02-2026

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2025-33230 is a high (CVSS 7.3) OS Command Injection vulnerability in nvidia cuda_toolkit. EPSS estimates a 1.36% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 71.3% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
29/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
7.3/10
010
High · v3.1 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
1.36%
0%100%
Low · -0.03 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Timeline

  1. 20-01-2026
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 26-02-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

NVIDIA Nsight Systems for Linux contains a vulnerability in the .run installer, where an attacker could cause an OS command injection by supplying a malicious string to the installation path. A successful exploit of this vulnerability might lead to escalation of privileges, code execution, data tampering, denial of service, and information disclosure.

CVSS metrics

4 scores · 4 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

1.36%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

71%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

-0.03 pp

From 1.39% on 19-09-2026

19-09-202619-10-2026
EPSS score
1.36%

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

Debian1 product
  • nvidia-cuda-toolkitAll versions (No fix recorded)
Nvidia1 product
  • cuda_toolkitAll versions prior to CUDA Toolkit 13.1 | < 13.1.0
Ubuntu1 product
  • nvidia-cuda-toolkitAll versions (No fix recorded)

3 vendors · 3 products

References

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