CVE-2025-14625

Quartus® Prime Standard and Quartus® Prime Lite Security Advisory

Published Jan 6, 2026 CVSS 4.0 · 5.4 Medium EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
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.

Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

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History
Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Intel
Intel quartus Prime
Microsoft
Microsoft windows
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:intel:quartus_prime:*:*:*:*:lite:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:intel:quartus_prime:*:*:*:*:standard:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Intel
Intel quartus Prime
Microsoft
Microsoft windows
Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

Type Values Removed Values Added
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.
Title Quartus® Prime Standard and Quartus® Prime Lite Security Advisory
First Time appeared Altera
Altera quartus Prime Lite
Altera quartus Prime Standard
Weaknesses CWE-427
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:altera:quartus_prime_lite:*:*:windows:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:altera:quartus_prime_standard:*:*:windows:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Altera
Altera quartus Prime Lite
Altera quartus Prime Standard
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 6.7, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}

cvssV4_0

{'score': 5.4, 'vector': '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'}

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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
Altera
Published
Updated
Jan 28, 2026, 10:28 PM
Reserved
Dec 12, 2025, 9:06 PM
Status
Modified
Published
Jan 7, 2026, 12:16 PM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 8:36 AM