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.
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Wed, 21 Jan 2026 20:30:00 +0900

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

Wed, 21 Jan 2026 04:15:00 +0900

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Metrics ssvc

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


Wed, 21 Jan 2026 03:00:00 +0900

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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.
Weaknesses CWE-78
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'}


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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: nvidia

Published:

Updated: 2026-01-21T04:55:25.292Z

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

Link: CVE-2025-33228

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-01-20T18:32:19.840Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-01-20T18:16:02.300

Modified: 2026-01-20T18:16:02.300

Link: CVE-2025-33228

cve-icon Redhat

No data.

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-01-21T20:18:58Z

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