NVIDIA Nsight Graphics on Windows uncontrolled search path

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in NVIDIA Nsight Graphics on Windows. Affected is an unknown function. This manipulation causes uncontrolled search path. This vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2025-23355. The attack is restricted to local execution. No exploit exists.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability has been found in NVIDIA Nsight Graphics on Windows (affected version unknown) and classified as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a uncontrolled search path vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-427. The product uses a fixed or controlled search path to find resources, but one or more locations in that path can be under the control of unintended actors. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

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.

This vulnerability is known as CVE-2025-23355 since 01/14/2025. The exploitation appears to be difficult. An attack has to be approached locally. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. The price for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 10/23/2025). MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1574 for this issue.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at EUVD (EUVD-2025-32046). If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.2
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 7.2

VulDB Base Score: 7.0
VulDB Temp Score: 7.0
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CNA Base Score: 6.7
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Uncontrolled search path
CWE: CWE-427 / CWE-426
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: Partially

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: no mitigation known
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Timelineinfo

01/14/2025 CVE reserved
10/02/2025 +260 days Advisory disclosed
10/02/2025 +0 days VulDB entry created
10/23/2025 +21 days VulDB entry last update

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: nvidia.com

Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2025-23355 (🔒)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2025-23355
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-326677
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Entryinfo

Created: 10/02/2025 08:08
Updated: 10/23/2025 05:26
Changes: 10/02/2025 08:08 (60), 10/03/2025 07:28 (1), 10/23/2025 05:26 (11)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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