PT-2026-3638 · Nvidia · Nvidia Nsight Systems

Published 2025-01-01 · Updated 2026-01-20 · CVE-2025-33230

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

7.3

High

Base vector

AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions NVIDIA Nsight Systems for Linux (affected versions not specified)

Description The NVIDIA Nsight Systems installer for Linux has a flaw where a malicious string provided as input to the installation path can lead to OS command injection. A successful exploit could result in privilege escalation, code execution, data tampering, denial of service, and information disclosure.

Recommendations At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

LPE

OS Command Injection

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-78

Related Identifiers

BDU:2026-00697

CVE-2025-33230

Affected Products

Nvidia Nsight Systems

References · 11

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-33230 · Security Note
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-33230 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2025-33230 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2025-33230 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2025-33230 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2026-00697 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-33230 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/5755 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2025-33230 · Vendor Advisory
• https://twitter.com/CVEnew/status/2013683557625950498 · Twitter Post
• https://twitter.com/VulmonFeeds/status/2013698042663186809 · Twitter Post