What is CVE-2025-23355?

CVE-2025-23355 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Microsoft Windows, classified under Uncontrolled Search Path Element. CVSS score: 6.7/10. Published 2025-10-01.

How severe is CVE-2025-23355?

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

Vulnerability in Microsoft Windows

CVE-2025-23355

NVIDIA Nsight Graphics for Windows contains a vulnerability in an ngfx component, where an attacker could cause a DLL highjacking attack. A successful exploit of this vulnerability may lead to code execution, escalation of privileges, data tampering, and denial of service.

Published 2025-10-01 · last modified 2026-06-17.

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.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.002 (3.9th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 4th percentile — 3.9% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.001 · newest: 0.002 · change: +0.000

Affected products

Microsoft Windows
NVIDIA Nsight Graphics — versions All versions prior to Nsight Graphics 2025.3
NVIDIA Nsight Graphics

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-427 — Uncontrolled Search Path Element

References

nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-23355 (US Government Resource)
www.cve.org/CVERecord (Third Party Advisory)
nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/5704 (Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2025-23355?: CVE-2025-23355 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Microsoft Windows, classified under Uncontrolled Search Path Element. CVSS score: 6.7/10. Published 2025-10-01.
How severe is CVE-2025-23355?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.7 out of 10.