Medium severity · published Jan 7, 2026
CVE-2025-14599
Uncontrolled Search Path Element vulnerability in Altera Quartus Prime Standard Installer (SFX) on Windows, Altera Quartus Prime Lite Installer (SFX) on Windows allows…
6.7
CVSS
0.1%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Uncontrolled Search Path Element vulnerability in Altera Quartus Prime Standard
Installer (SFX)
on Windows, Altera Quartus Prime Lite
Installer (SFX)
on Windows allows Search Order Hijacking.This issue affects Quartus Prime Standard: from 23.1 through 24.1; Quartus Prime Lite: from 23.1 through 24.1.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
High
Privileges
Low
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.1% · higher than 1% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
QP
Quartus Prime · Intel
23.1 before 25.1; 23.1 before 25.1 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-14599
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-14599
Vendor Advisory
https://www.altera.com/security/security-advisory/asa-0005
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