Vulnerability · Published Jan 13, 2023 · Assigned by nvidia

CVE-2022-42276

High 7.5

In plain English

A high-severity authentication bypass in NVIDIA DGX servers from NVIDIA. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.2% (higher than 9% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)7.5High
Exploit odds (30 days)0.2%top 91.2% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

NVIDIA DGX A100 contains a vulnerability in SBIOS in the SmiFlash, where a local user with elevated privileges can read, write and erase flash, which may lead to code execution, escalation of privileges, denial of service, and information disclosure. The scope of impact can extend to other components.

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
NVIDIA NVIDIA DGX servers All SBIOS firmware versions prior to 1.18

Weakness: CWE-288 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

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