---
id: CVE-2025-13663
title: >-
  Under certain circumstances, the Quartus Prime Pro Installer for Windows does
  not check the permissions of the Quartus target installation directory if the
  target installation directory already exists.
summary: >-
  Under certain circumstances, the Quartus Prime Pro Installer for Windows does
  not check the permissions of the Quartus target installation directory if the
  target installation directory already exists.
severity: medium
cvss: 6.7
cvssVector: 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'
cwe:
  - CWE-279
vendor: intel
product: quartus_prime
affected:
  - quartus_prime < 25.1
patched:
  - quartus_prime 25.1
published: '2025-12-11'
updated: '2026-10-07'
sourceUpdated: '2026-10-07T20:10:01.970'
source: NVD
sourceUrl: 'https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-13663'
references:
  - url: 'https://www.altera.com/security/security-advisory/asa-0001'
    label: 04c0172e-9735-4a9d-a92a-fe01fa863447
tags:
  - nvd
epss: 0.00098
epssPercentile: 0.00723
ingestedAt: '2026-10-07T20:46:46.863Z'
---

## Overview

Under certain circumstances, the Quartus Prime Pro Installer for Windows does not check the permissions of the Quartus target installation directory if the target installation directory already exists.

## Affected

- `quartus_prime < 25.1`

## Remediation

Upgrade past the affected range:

- `quartus_prime 25.1`