CVE-2025-33228 Command injection in CUDA Toolkit
An attacker can execute arbitrary OS commands via a malicious string in a script, leading to code execution and privilege escalation in NVIDIA Nsight Systems.
- 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-2025-33228?
CVE-2025-33228 is a high-severity command injection vulnerability in NVIDIA CUDA Toolkit, published on 20 Jan 2026. 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 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.
Weakness: CWE-78
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-33228?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Nvidia Cuda Toolkit.
How do I fix CVE-2025-33228?
No fix has been published for CVE-2025-33228 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, and pass arguments to programs as a list instead of through a shell. More about Command injection.
Is CVE-2025-33228 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-33228 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in NVIDIA CUDA Toolkit
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2025-33228, GHSA-p5c4-pcw7-pqff, UBUNTU-CVE-2025-33228.