What is CVE-2025-33231?

CVE-2025-33231 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Microsoft Windows, classified under Uncontrolled Search Path Element. CVSS score: 6.7/10. Published 2026-01-20.

How severe is CVE-2025-33231?

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

Vulnerability in Microsoft Windows

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.

Published 2026-01-20 · 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 (7.1th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 7th percentile — 7.1% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

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

Affected products

Microsoft Windows
NVIDIA Cuda Toolkit — versions All versions prior to CUDA Toolkit 13.1
NVIDIA Cuda Toolkit

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-427 — Uncontrolled Search Path Element

References

nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-33231 (US Government Resource, VDB Entry)
www.cve.org/CVERecord (Third Party Advisory)
nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/5755 (Patch, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2025-33231?: CVE-2025-33231 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Microsoft Windows, classified under Uncontrolled Search Path Element. CVSS score: 6.7/10. Published 2026-01-20.
How severe is CVE-2025-33231?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.7 out of 10.