CVE-2025-23358

Privilege escalation via installer search-path element hijacking

Published Nov 4, 2025 · Updated Nov 4, 2025

Uncontrolled search path handling in NVIDIA App before 11.0.5.260 allows local users to execute code with elevated privileges. The Windows installer resolves a search path element unsafely, but NVIDIA has not disclosed which element is attacker-controlled or how it enters resolution. Exploitation requires existing low privileges and user interaction and can cross a security boundary, affecting data and service operation.

CVSS severity8.2
High
EPSS probability0.24%
Next 30 days · Sep 16, 2026
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
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Summary

What happened

Uncontrolled search path handling in NVIDIA App before 11.0.5.260 allows local users to execute code with elevated privileges. The Windows installer resolves a search path element unsafely, but NVIDIA has not disclosed which element is attacker-controlled or how it enters resolution. Exploitation requires existing low privileges and user interaction and can cross a security boundary, affecting data and service operation.

The record

CVE
CVE-2025-23358
Published
Nov 4, 2025
Updated
Nov 4, 2025
Vendor
DPDK Project
Product
NVIDIA App
Classifications
CWE-427, T1574.007
Attack vector
local
Privileges
authenticated

Timeline

How it unfolded

  1. Nov 4, 2025CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
  2. Nov 4, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.

Exploitability

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  1. Affected versionversion=All versions prior to 11.0.5.260

What conditions does exploitation require?

Attack vectorlocal
Required privilegesauthenticated

What is affected?

DPDK Project · NVIDIA Appversion=All versions prior to 11.0.5.260

Published CVSS scores

8.2NVIDIA CorporationCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

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Sep 10, 2026Sep 16, 2026
Latest reporting daySep 16, 2026
Latest daily unique IPsUnavailable
Prior 30-day averageUnavailable
SourceShadowserver honeypots (KEV)
Vectorlocal
Privilegesauthenticated
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
Public exploitUnconfirmed

Weakness, pattern, technique

CWE-427Uncontrolled Search Path Element
T1574.007Path Interception by PATH Environment Variable

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