6.7

CVE-2025-33231: nvidia cuda_toolkit Uncontrolled Search Path Element

CVSS: 6.7v3.1MediumAnalyzed
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2025-33231DEBIAN-CVE-2025-33231
Published 20-01-2026Last modified 26-02-2026
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2025-33231 is a medium (CVSS 6.7) Uncontrolled Search Path Element vulnerability in nvidia cuda_toolkit. EPSS estimates a 0.19% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 7.7% 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
0.19%
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. 20-01-2026
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 26-02-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

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 metrics

4 scores · 4 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.19%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

8%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 0.18% on 19-09-2026

19-09-202619-10-2026
EPSS score
0.19%

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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