Vulnerability · Published Nov 16, 2021 · Assigned by AMD

CVE-2021-26320

Medium 5.5

In plain English

A medium-severity improper certificate validation in 1st Gen AMD EPYC™ from AMD. 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 8% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS NVD)5.5Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.2%top 91.7% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

Insufficient validation of the AMD SEV Signing Key (ASK) in the SEND_START command in the SEV Firmware may allow a local authenticated attacker to perform a denial of service of the PSP

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
AMD 1st Gen AMD EPYC™ unspecified – before NaplesPI-SP3_1.0.0.G
AMD 2nd Gen AMD EPYC™ unspecified – before RomePI-SP3_1.0.0.C
AMD 3rd Gen AMD EPYC™ unspecified – before MilanPI-SP3_1.0.0.4

Weakness: CWE-295

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