CVE-2025-23309 Path traversal in GeForce
An uncontrolled DLL loading path in NVIDIA Display Drivers allows attackers to execute arbitrary code, escalate privileges, tamper with data, or cause denial of service.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2025-23309?
CVE-2025-23309 is a high-severity path traversal vulnerability in NVIDIA GeForce, published on 10 Oct 2025. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
NVIDIA Display Driver contains a vulnerability where an uncontrolled DLL loading path might lead to arbitrary denial of service, escalation of privileges, code execution, and data tampering.
Weakness: CWE-427
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-23309?
How do I fix CVE-2025-23309?
No fix has been published for CVE-2025-23309 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, and resolve every user-supplied path against an allowed base folder before opening it. More about Path traversal.
Is CVE-2025-23309 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-23309 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-967f-698g-56vh.