CVE-2025-33208 Path traversal in TAO
An attacker can exploit an uncontrolled search path in NVIDIA TAO to escalate privileges, tamper with data, cause denial of service, or disclose information.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2025-33208?
CVE-2025-33208 is a high-severity path traversal vulnerability in NVIDIA TAO, published on 3 Dec 2025. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
NVIDIA TAO contains a vulnerability where an attacker may cause a resource to be loaded via an uncontrolled search path. A successful exploit of this vulnerability may lead to escalation of privileges, data tampering, denial of service, information disclosure.
Weakness: CWE-427
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-33208?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Nvidia Tao Toolkit.
How do I fix CVE-2025-33208?
No fix has been published for CVE-2025-33208 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-2025-33208 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-33208 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-p2mv-5r7j-x4hh.