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 v…

EPSS: 0.002 (5.1th 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

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

psirt@nvidia.com (US Government Resource, VDB Entry)
psirt@nvidia.com (Third Party Advisory)
psirt@nvidia.com (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.