CVE-2025-33179 (GCVE-0-2025-33179)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-02-24 18:41 – Updated: 2026-02-24 18:41
VLAI?
Summary
NVIDIA Cumulus Linux and NVOS products contain a vulnerability in the NVUE interface, where a low-privileged user could run an unauthorized command. A successful exploit of this vulnerability might lead to escalation of privileges.
Severity ?
CWE
- CWE-266 - Incorrect Privilege Assignment
Assigner
References
Impacted products
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| NVIDIA | Cumulus Linux GA |
Affected:
All versions prior to 5.14 (5.13.x, 5.12.x, and older GA versions)
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Sightings
| Author | Source | Type | Date |
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Nomenclature
- Seen: The vulnerability was mentioned, discussed, or observed by the user.
- Confirmed: The vulnerability has been validated from an analyst's perspective.
- Published Proof of Concept: A public proof of concept is available for this vulnerability.
- Exploited: The vulnerability was observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
- Patched: The vulnerability was observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
- Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
- Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
- Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
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