What is CVE-2025-14599?

CVE-2025-14599 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Altera Quartus Prime Lite, classified under Uncontrolled Search Path Element. CVSS score: 6.7/10. Published 2026-01-07.

How severe is CVE-2025-14599?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.7 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Altera Quartus Prime Lite

CVE-2025-14599

Uncontrolled Search Path Element vulnerability in Altera Quartus Prime Standard Installer (SFX) on Windows, Altera Quartus Prime Lite Installer (SFX) on Windows allows Search Order Hijacking.This issue affects Quartus Prime Standard…

EPSS: 0.001 (0.7th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.7 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Altera Quartus Prime Lite — versions 23.1
Altera Quartus Prime Standard — versions 23.1
Intel Quartus_prime
Microsoft Windows

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-427 — Uncontrolled Search Path Element

References

04c0172e-9735-4a9d-a92a-fe01fa863447 (Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2025-14599?: CVE-2025-14599 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Altera Quartus Prime Lite, classified under Uncontrolled Search Path Element. CVSS score: 6.7/10. Published 2026-01-07.
How severe is CVE-2025-14599?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.7 out of 10.