CVE-2025-2629: DLL Hijacking Vulnerability in NI LabVIEW When Loading NI Error Reporting

Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2025-04-09 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-427

Description

There is a DLL hijacking vulnerability due to an uncontrolled search path that exists in NI LabVIEW when loading NI Error Reporting. This vulnerability may result in arbitrary code execution. Successful exploitation requires an attacker to insert a malicious DLL into the uncontrolled search path. This vulnerability affects NI LabVIEW 2025 Q1 and prior versions.

Affected products

NI LabVIEW: through 2021; 2022-q1, 2022-q3, 2022-q3_patch1, 2022-q3_patch2, 2022-q3_patch4, 2023-q1 (+13)

References

https://www.ni.com/en/support/security/available-critical-and-security-updates-for-ni-software/dll-hijacking-vulnerability-in-ni-labview-when-loading-ni-error-reporting.html

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