NVIDIA Nsight Visual Studio for Windows contains a vulnerability in Nsight Monitor where an attacker can execute arbitrary code with the same privileges as the NVIDIA Nsight Visual Studio Edition Monitor application. A successful exploit of this vulnerability may lead to escalation of privileges, code execution, data tampering, denial of service, and information disclosure.
History

Thu, 22 Jan 2026 00:15:00 +0000

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Title nsight-systems: NVIDIA Nsight Visual Studio for Windows: Arbitrary Code Execution and Privilege Escalation in Nsight Monitor
Metrics threat_severity

None

threat_severity

Important


Wed, 21 Jan 2026 11:30:00 +0000

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First Time appeared Nvidia
Nvidia cuda Toolkit
Vendors & Products Nvidia
Nvidia cuda Toolkit

Tue, 20 Jan 2026 19:15:00 +0000

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Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


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Description NVIDIA Nsight Visual Studio for Windows contains a vulnerability in Nsight Monitor where an attacker can execute arbitrary code with the same privileges as the NVIDIA Nsight Visual Studio Edition Monitor application. A successful exploit of this vulnerability may lead to escalation of privileges, code execution, data tampering, denial of service, and information disclosure.
Weaknesses CWE-427
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 7.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: nvidia

Published: 2026-01-20T17:44:47.832Z

Updated: 2026-01-21T04:55:26.649Z

Reserved: 2025-04-15T18:51:07.602Z

Link: CVE-2025-33229

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-01-20T18:28:56.573Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-01-20T18:16:02.500

Modified: 2026-01-20T18:16:02.500

Link: CVE-2025-33229

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Important

Publid Date: 2026-01-20T17:44:47Z

Links: CVE-2025-33229 - Bugzilla