CVE-2025-33229Hinoki check available

Local code execution via uncontrolled search path

Published Jan 20, 2026 · Updated Jan 20, 2026

Uncontrolled search path handling in NVIDIA Nsight Monitor before CUDA Toolkit 13.1 allows local users to execute arbitrary code. NVIDIA has not disclosed the searched location, loading operation, or how attacker-controlled content enters that search path. Exploitation requires low privileges and user interaction; injected code runs with the Monitor application's privileges and can alter or disclose data or interrupt service.

CVSS severity7.3
High
EPSS probability0.17%
Next 30 days · Sep 16, 2026
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
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Summary

What happened

Uncontrolled search path handling in NVIDIA Nsight Monitor before CUDA Toolkit 13.1 allows local users to execute arbitrary code. NVIDIA has not disclosed the searched location, loading operation, or how attacker-controlled content enters that search path. Exploitation requires low privileges and user interaction; injected code runs with the Monitor application's privileges and can alter or disclose data or interrupt service.

The record

CVE
CVE-2025-33229
Published
Jan 20, 2026
Updated
Jan 20, 2026
Vendor
DPDK Project
Product
CUDA Toolkit
Classifications
CWE-427
Attack vector
local
Privileges
authenticated

Timeline

How it unfolded

  1. Jan 20, 2026CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
  2. Jan 20, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.

Exploitability

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  1. Affected versionversion=All versions prior to CUDA Toolkit 13.1

What conditions does exploitation require?

Attack vectorlocal
Required privilegesauthenticated

What is affected?

DPDK Project · CUDA Toolkitversion=All versions prior to CUDA Toolkit 13.1

Published CVSS scores

7.3NVIDIACVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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Attacks

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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

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