CVE-2025-33228

HIGH
7.3
CVSS Score
Published: January 20, 2026 at 05:44 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 09:13 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorCUDA Toolkit

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Severity
HIGH7.3
Exploit prediction
EPSS 1%
SSVC
No known exploit

Description

NVIDIA Nsight Systems contains a vulnerability in the gfx_hotspot recipe, where an attacker could cause an OS command injection by supplying a malicious string to the process_nsys_rep_cli.py script if the script is invoked manually. A successful exploit of this vulnerability might lead to code execution, escalation of privileges, data tampering, denial of service, and information disclosure.

Affected

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

Remediation

No guide yet

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

References (3)

US Government ResourceVDB Entry
Source: cverecord
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-33228
Third Party Advisory
Source: cverecord
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-33228

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCNo known exploitNot automatableTotal impact

SSVC signals action urgency (what to patch first), separate from CVSS which measures severity.

CVSS

7.3HIGHnvidia
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
LOW
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusANALYZED
CWE
CWE-78

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