CVE-2025-14605

Quartus Prime Pro Edition Advisory

5.4 Medium

Uncontrolled Search Path Element vulnerability in Altera Quartus Prime Pro on Windows (System Console modules) allows Search Order Hijacking.This issue affects Quartus Prime Pro: from 17.0 through 25.1.1.

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

0.11%Up 0.1 points since Jan 7, 2026

What each source reports

CVE List Score used 5.4

Quartus Prime Pro Edition Advisory

Record: CVE-2025-14605
CVSS 4.0: 5.4 MediumCVSS: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 MediumCVSS: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-2025-206258 5.4

Record: EUVD-2025-206258
CVSS 4.0: 5.4 MediumCVSS: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-3hxf-g9w5-rj6x 5.4

Uncontrolled Search Path Element vulnerability in Altera Quartus Prime Pro on Windows (System...

Record: GHSA-3hxf-g9w5-rj6x
CVSS 4.0: 5.4 MediumCVSS: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 MediumCVSS: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 5.4

Record: CVE-2025-14605
CVSS 4.0: 5.4 MediumCVSS: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 MediumCVSS: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

History
Recorded	Changed	Sources
Nov 2, 2026	first indexed	CVE List, EUVD, GitHub Advisories, NVD

Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.

In short

CVE-2025-14605 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.4) in Altera Quartus Prime Pro, 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.