CVE-2025-33188
Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.
NVD · uneditedNVIDIA DGX Spark GB10 contains a vulnerability in hardware resources where an attacker could tamper with hardware controls. A successful exploit of this vulnerability might lead to information disclosure, data tampering, or denial of service.
Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.
dbcve analysis · moderate confidenceNVIDIA DGX Spark GB10 contains a vulnerability in hardware resources allowing an attacker to tamper with hardware controls. This hardware-level weakness could enable unauthorized manipulation of system controls, potentially leading to information disclosure, data tampering, or denial of service conditions.
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Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.
NVD · CPE dataall versionsCVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.
From the vector- Attack vector
- Local
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.
dbcve checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Identify the system modelCheck the system hardware model identifier (e.g., via BIOS, dmidecode, or system information utilities). Look for 'DGX Spark' or 'GB10' in the model name or product string.Affected if The system model is NVIDIA DGX Spark GB10
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Confirm DGX OS installationCheck the installed operating system. Use commands like 'cat /etc/os-release', 'uname -a', or check system information to identify if the OS is NVIDIA DGX OS.Affected if The operating system is NVIDIA DGX OS (any version)
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Verify hardware control accessSince this is a hardware-level vulnerability in hardware resources, verify if there is unauthorized physical or administrative access to system hardware controls, firmware interfaces, or baseboard management controllers (BMCs).Affected if Physical or administrative access to hardware controls is not properly restricted
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Check for unusual hardware modification indicatorsInspect hardware integrity, verify firmware/authentication signatures, and review hardware logs for any tampering indicators or unauthorized configuration changes to system controls.Affected if There are signs of unauthorized hardware control manipulation or tampering
A user is affected if they are running DGX OS on NVIDIA DGX Spark GB10 hardware, as all versions of this product combination contain the hardware-level vulnerability that allows tampering with system controls.
Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.
Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.
From vendor dataContact NVIDIA for specific patch/firmware updates addressing the hardware control vulnerability. Implement network segmentation and physical access controls to reduce attack surface until vendor remediation is available.
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- Review / QA8.0 h
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References Go to the primary sourcePrimary sources — vendor advisories, patches and trackers. Where our summary and a reference disagree, the reference wins.
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ContributedPeer-ranked notes from engineers who’ve handled CVE-2025-33188 in production — separate from our analysis above.
The advisory tells you what broke. It rarely tells you what actually worked. If you’ve dealt with this one, that detail is what the next engineer is searching for.
- The version that genuinely resolved it — not the one the vendor claimed
- A config change or rule that shut the vector down
- A gotcha in the upgrade path that cost you an afternoon
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