CVE-2025-48505 Privilege escalation in Vitis™ Unified Installer for FPGAs & Adaptive SoCs in Windows
A low-privileged user can escalate privileges and execute arbitrary code due to weak permissions in the Vitis Unified installation path on Windows.
- 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-2025-48505?
CVE-2025-48505 is a high-severity vulnerability in AMD Vitis™ Unified Installer for FPGAs & Adaptive SoCs in Windows, published on 11 Aug 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
Weak permissions in the Vitis™ Unified installation path on local Windows machines could allow a low-privileged user to achieve privileged escalation, potentially resulting in arbitrary code execution.
Weakness: CWE-276
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-48505?
How do I fix CVE-2025-48505?
No fix has been published for CVE-2025-48505 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2025-48505 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-48505 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-qm95-8qpv-f995.