Insecure DLL loading in CUDA Toolkit - CVE-2025-33229
Published: May 18, 2026
Vulnerability identifier: #VU131727
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-2025-33229
CWE-ID: CWE-427
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 uncontrolled search path element in Nsight Monitor when loading DLLs. A local user can place or cause the application to load a malicious DLL to execute arbitrary code.
Arbitrary code execution occurs with the same privileges as the NVIDIA Nsight Visual Studio Edition Monitor application.
How to mitigate CVE-2025-33229
Install security update from vendor's website.