# 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.

- **Severity:** High 8.4 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 16 Dec 2025
- **Updated:** 16 Dec 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-xgc9-7wmv-qh48

## 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 (UNIX Symbolic Link (Symlink) Following)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-33225?

It affects 1 product.


Products: 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.

## 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

- [CVE-2025-33235](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-33235/): Race condition in Resiliency Extension (high 7.8)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2025-33225 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: 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.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-33225 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: NVIDIA Resiliency Extension. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-33225/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-33225/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-33225
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-33225
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-33225

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-33225/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.