CVE-2025-14599

Quartus® Prime Standard and Quartus® Prime Lite Security Advisory

MEDIUM
6.7
CVSS Score
Published: January 6, 2026 at 09:30 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 08:36 AM UTC
3 products affected across 2 vendorsQuartus PrimeQuartus Prime StandardQuartus Prime Lite

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Severity
MEDIUM6.7
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.1%
SSVC
No known exploit

Description

Uncontrolled Search Path Element vulnerability in Altera Quartus Prime Standard Installer (SFX) on Windows, Altera Quartus Prime Lite Installer (SFX) on Windows allows Search Order Hijacking.This issue affects Quartus Prime Standard: from 23.1 through 24.1; Quartus Prime Lite: from 23.1 through 24.1.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

23.1 ≤ v < 25.1
microsoft-windows (environment)
23.1 ≤ v ≤ 24.123.1

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

References (1)

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCNo known exploitNot automatableTotal impact

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CVSS

6.7MEDIUMAltera
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Complexity
HIGH
Privileges
LOW
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusANALYZED
CWE
CWE-427

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