CVE-2025-33180
Privilege escalation via NVUE command injection in NVIDIA Cumulus Linux/NVOS
Is CVE-2025-33180 being exploited?
Not confirmed. CVE-2025-33180 does not appear in CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog, which records only exploitation that has been observed and reported publicly. That is evidence of absence of a report, not evidence the flaw is unattacked. EPSS currently estimates a 0.76% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.
How severe is CVE-2025-33180?
CVE-2025-33180 is rated High with a CVSS score of 8.0. Severity describes how bad exploitation would be, not how likely it is: pair it with exploitation evidence before deciding what to patch first.
Is there a patch for CVE-2025-33180?
Yes. A fix has been recorded for CVE-2025-33180. The vendor advisory is the authority on the exact fixed version — apply it from there rather than from a summary.
What does CVE-2025-33180 affect?
CVE-2025-33180 affects NVIDIA Cumulus Linux, NVIDIA NVOS, NVUE interface. Confirm the exact affected versions against the vendor advisory before deciding you are exposed.
What should I do about CVE-2025-33180?
Apply NVIDIA patch; upgrade NVUE when fixed
Exploitation status reflects CISA's KEV catalog as we last synced it. Check the catalog directly.
Low-privileged user can inject commands via NVUE, enabling privilege escalation.
Patch when possible
- affectedAll versions prior to 5.14 (5.13.x, 5.12.x, and older GA versions)
- affectedAll versions prior to 5.11.4
- affectedAll versions prior to 5.9.4
- affectedAll versions prior to 1.3 - 25.02.244
- affectedAll versions prior to 25.02.4282
- affectedAll versions prior to 25.02.5030
As published in the CVE Program record. A version outside these ranges is not a statement that it is unaffected — vendors sometimes understate a range, and distribution-backported builds carry upstream numbers that do not reflect what was patched into them.