CVE-2025-14605 | BDVDB-2026-309236 Detail

AlteraQuartus Prime Pro

Description#

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.

Impact#

CAPEC-471 Search Order Hijacking

Weaknesses#

CWE-427 Uncontrolled Search Path Element

References#

https://www.altera.com/security/security-advisory/asa-0004

Exploit#

No public exploit known

History#

Version 12026-01-06Record published in the CVE List.
Version 22026-01-07Most recent update recorded in the CVE List.

Published

Published: 2026-01-06
Last modified: 2026-01-07

Vendor information

Vendor: Altera
Product: Quartus Prime Pro

All Altera vulnerabilities

Score

6.7 Medium

EPSS

less than 1%, Very Low

Estimated chance of exploitation in the next 30 days. EPSS percentile: 1.3.

KEV

Not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog.

Impact

Not classified

Action

No specific action is recorded in the source data. Check the references for vendor guidance.

Affected Systems

Vulnerable
>= 17.0 and <= 25.1.1
Fixed
Not stated

Scoring System

CVSS v4.0

5.4 Medium

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

Metric breakdown
Attack Vector	Local
Attack Complexity	High
Attack Requirements	Present
Privileges Required	Low
User Interaction	Active
Vulnerable System Confidentiality	High
Vulnerable System Integrity	High
Vulnerable System Availability	High
Subsequent System Confidentiality	None
Subsequent System Integrity	None
Subsequent System Availability	None

CVSS v3.1

6.7 Medium

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Metric breakdown
Attack Vector	Local
Attack Complexity	High
Privileges Required	Low
User Interaction	Required
Scope	Unchanged
Confidentiality	High
Integrity	High
Availability	High

CVSS v3.0

Not available

CVSS v2

Not available

Source: CVE List v5 (record); CISA KEV (kev, action); FIRST EPSS (epss).