Medium severity · published Jan 6, 2026
CVE-2025-14596
Quartus Prime Pro Edition Installer Advisory
6.7
CVSS
0.1%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Uncontrolled Search Path Element vulnerability in Altera Quartus Prime Pro
Installer (SFX)
on Windows allows Search Order Hijacking.This issue affects Quartus Prime Pro: from 24.1 through 24.3.1.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
High
Privileges
Low
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.1% · higher than 1% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
QP
Quartus Prime Pro · Altera
24.1 through 24.3.1 · source: vendor
QP
Quartus Prime · Intel
24.1 before 25.1 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-14596
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-14596
Vendor Advisory
https://www.altera.com/security/security-advisory/asa-0004
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