CVE-2025-14599
Quartus® Prime Standard and Quartus® Prime Lite Security Advisory
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.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Local
- Complexity
- High
- Privileges needed
- Low
- User interaction
- Active
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
Quartus® Prime Standard and Quartus® Prime Lite Security Advisory
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.
- Record
CVE-2025-14599- CVSS 4.0
- 5.4 Medium
CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:H/AT:P/PR:L/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N - CVSS 3.1
- 6.7 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-427
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2025-206253
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.
- Record
EUVD-2025-206253- CVSS 4.0
- 5.4 Medium
CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:H/AT:P/PR:L/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N - Updated
- 2026-11-02
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-58fv-5j68-xf6p
Uncontrolled Search Path Element vulnerability in Altera Quartus Prime Standard Installer (SFX)...
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.
- Record
GHSA-58fv-5j68-xf6p- CVSS 4.0
- 5.4 Medium
CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:H/AT:P/PR:L/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X - CVSS 3.1
- 6.7 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-427
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
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.
- Record
CVE-2025-14599- CVSS 4.0
- 5.4 Medium
CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:H/AT:P/PR:L/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X - CVSS 3.1
- 6.7 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-427
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| first indexed | CVE List, EUVD, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2025-14599 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.4) in Altera Quartus Prime Lite, published January 6, 2026. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.11%, the 1st percentile. No source names a fixed version.