Uncontrolled Search Path Element vulnerability in Altera Quartus Prime Standard

Installer (SFX)

on Windows, Altera Quartus Prime Lite 

Installer (SFX)

on Windows allows Search Order Hijacking.This issue affects Quartus Prime Standard: from 23.1 through 24.1; Quartus Prime Lite: from 23.1 through 24.1.
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Solution

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Workaround

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History

Tue, 06 Jan 2026 22:15:00 +0000

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Metrics ssvc

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


Tue, 06 Jan 2026 21:45:00 +0000

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Description Uncontrolled Search Path Element vulnerability in Altera Quartus Prime Standard Installer (SFX) on Windows, Altera Quartus Prime Lite  Installer (SFX) on Windows allows Search Order Hijacking.This issue affects Quartus Prime Standard: from 23.1 through 24.1; Quartus Prime Lite: from 23.1 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:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Altera

Published:

Updated: 2026-01-06T21:47:08.534Z

Reserved: 2025-12-12T18:24:32.099Z

Link: CVE-2025-14599

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-01-06T21:47:04.457Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-01-07T02:02:59.743

Modified: 2026-01-07T02:02:59.743

Link: CVE-2025-14599

cve-icon Redhat

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cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

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