Use of Hard-coded, Security-relevant Constants in NVIDIA App (formerly GeForce Experience) - CVE-2025-23253
Published: April 23, 2025
Vulnerability identifier: #VU107878
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2025-23253
CWE-ID: CWE-547
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: nVidia
Affected software:
NVIDIA App (formerly GeForce Experience)
NVIDIA App (formerly GeForce Experience)
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a local user to escalate privileges on the system.
The vulnerability exists due to NVIDIA NvContainer service for Windows loads OpenSSL from a hard-coded path. A local user can place a specially crafted .dll into the hard-coded location and execute arbitrary code with elevated privileges.
How to mitigate CVE-2025-23253
Install updates from vendor's website.