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CVE-2025-33221

• Severity: medium (CVSS 6.0 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: 2026-05-26 · updated 2026-07-24
• Weakness: CWE-20

Description

NVIDIA Display Driver for Windows and Linux contains a vulnerability in the kernel driver, where a user could cause an incorrect permission assignment for a critical resource. A successful exploit of this vulnerability might lead to data tampering and denial of service.

Affected products

• NVIDIA Guest driver: from 535 before 535.309.01; from 535 before 539.72; from 580 before 580.159.03; from 580 before 582.53; from 595 before 595.36; from 595 before 595.71.05 — fixed in 535.309.01, 539.72, 580.159.03, 582.53, 595.36, 595.71.05

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: NVIDIA Guest driver 535.309.01, 539.72, 580.159.03, 582.53. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-33221
• https://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/5821
• https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-33221

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