CVE-2025-33225 Path traversal in Resiliency Extension
An attacker can exploit predictable log file names in NVIDIA Resiliency Extension to achieve privilege escalation, code execution, and data tampering.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2025-33225?
CVE-2025-33225 is a high-severity path traversal vulnerability in NVIDIA Resiliency Extension, published on 16 Dec 2025. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
NVIDIA Resiliency Extension for Linux contains a vulnerability in log aggregation, where an attacker could cause predictable log-file names. A successful exploit of this vulnerability may lead to escalation of privileges, code execution, denial of service, information disclosure, and data tampering.
Weakness: CWE-61
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-33225?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Nvidia Nvidia Resiliency Extension.
How do I fix CVE-2025-33225?
No fix has been published for CVE-2025-33225 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-2025-33225 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-33225 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in NVIDIA Resiliency Extension
Sources
Also known as GHSA-xgc9-7wmv-qh48.