Vulnerability Report

CVE-2025-33231

Title: Uncontrolled Search Path Element in NVIDIA Nsight Systems

DoS

Proof Of Concept

No public PoC currently indexed for CVE-2025-33231.

CWE Category CWE-427
Published Date Jan 20, 2026
Modified Date Feb 02, 2026
Exploit Status Not Found
Score 6.7 CVSS v3.1
Exploit Probability (EPSS)
0.16%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2025-33231: 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.

Impacted Vendors

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nvidia 1

Reference Links

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-33231 https://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/5755 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-33231
CVSS v3.1
Source Entity [email protected]
Severity MEDIUM
6.7
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Complexity
HIGH
Privileges
N/A
Interaction
REQUIRED
Confidentiality
N/A
Integrity
N/A
Availability
N/A
Scope
UNCHANGED
RAW VECTOR CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2025-33231 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

No public PoCs found in our database for this CVE.

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Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

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Attack Vector Matrix

Access Vector LOCAL
Complexity HIGH
Privileges N/A
Interaction REQUIRED
CVSS Vector String CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.