OS Command Injection in CUDA Toolkit - CVE-2025-33228
Published: May 18, 2026
Vulnerability identifier: #VU131726
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2025-33228
CWE-ID: CWE-78
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: nVidia
Affected software:
CUDA Toolkit
CUDA Toolkit
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a local user to execute arbitrary code.
The vulnerability exists due to command injection in the process_nsys_rep_cli.py script in the gfx_hotspot recipe when processing a malicious string supplied to the script. A local user can supply a malicious string to trigger OS command injection to execute arbitrary code.
The script must be invoked manually.
How to mitigate CVE-2025-33228
Install security update from vendor's website.