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CVE-2025-14625

Quartus® Prime Standard and Quartus® Prime Lite Security Advisory

Published: Jan 6, 2026Updated: Jan 28, 2026 Sources: CVE List NVDCWE-427
NVD MITRE
6.7CVSSMEDIUM
EPSS Score
0.1%
Top 97.4%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Patch Available

Description

Uncontrolled Search Path Element vulnerability in Altera Quartus Prime Standard on Windows (Nios II Command Shell modules), Altera Quartus Prime Lite on Windows (Nios II Command Shell modules) allows Search Order Hijacking.This issue affects Quartus Prime Standard: from 19.1 through 24.1; Quartus Prime Lite: from 19.1 through 24.1.

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:LAC:HPR:LUI:RS:UC:HI:HA:H
Exploitability
AV:LAttack Vector
Local
AC:HAttack Complexity
High
PR:LPrivileges Required
Low
UI:RUser Interaction
Required
Scope
S:UScope
Unchanged
Impact
C:HConfidentiality
High
I:HIntegrity
High
A:HAvailability
High
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Weaknesses

CWE-427

Affected Products

Quartus Prime StandardAltera
On-prem
DevTools & CI / build-test-tools
Quartus Prime LiteAltera
On-prem
DevTools & CI / build-test-tools
quartus primeintel
On-premDev Tool
DevTools & CI / build-test-tools
alteracommercialDevTools & CIaka quartus prime pro, quartus prime standard, quartus prime lite
intelcommercialUSHardware Firmwareaka intel corp.

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Exploitability

Official Patch Available

MITRE ATT&CK

1 technique
Persistence
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References

https://www.altera.com/security/security-advisory/asa-0005
altera.com
https://community.altera.com/kb/knowledge-base/how-to-mitigate-the-security-vulnerability-in-the-nios%C2%AE-ii-command-shell-utility/350185
community.altera.com

Timeline

Published
Jan 6, 2026
Last Updated
Jan 28, 2026

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