Authorization bypass in AMD EPYC™ 7001 Series Processors
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Local
- Privileges required
- High
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- High
- Impact type
- Security bypass
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · None
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-639.
Summary
Improper key usage control in AMD Secure Processor (ASP) may allow an attacker with local access who has gained arbitrary code execution privilege in ASP to extract ASP cryptographic keys, potentially resulting in loss of confidentiality and integrity.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Total
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AMD | AMD EPYC™ 7001 Series Processors | various and later | — | No fix listed | CNA |
| AMD | AMD EPYC™ 7002 Series Processors | various and later | — | No fix listed | CNA |
| AMD | AMD EPYC™ 7003 Series Processors | various and later | — | No fix listed | CNA |
| AMD | AMD Ryzen™ 3000 Series Desktop Processors | various and later | — | No fix listed | CNA |
| AMD | AMD Ryzen™ 5000 Series Desktop Processors | various and later | — | No fix listed | CNA |
| AMD | AMD Ryzen™ 5000 Series Desktop Processor with Radeon™ Graphics | various and later | — | No fix listed | CNA |
| AMD | AMD Athlon™ 3000 Series Desktop Processors with Radeon™ Graphics | various and later | — | No fix listed | CNA |
| AMD | AMD Ryzen™ 4000 Series Desktop Processors with Radeon™ Graphics | various and later | — | No fix listed | CNA |
| AMD | AMD Ryzen™ Threadripper™ 3000 Series Processors | various and later | — | No fix listed | CNA |
| AMD | AMD Ryzen™ Threadripper™ PRO 3000WX Series Processors | various and later | — | No fix listed | CNA |
| AMD | AMD Ryzen™ Threadripper™ PRO 5000WX Processors | various and later | — | No fix listed | CNA |
| AMD | AMD Athlon™ 3000 Series Mobile Processors with Radeon™ Graphics | various and later | — | No fix listed | CNA |
| AMD | AMD Athlon™ 3000 Series Mobile Processors with Radeon™ Graphics | various and later | — | No fix listed | CNA |
| AMD | AMD Ryzen™ 3000 Series Mobile Processor with Radeon™ Graphics | various and later | — | No fix listed | CNA |
| AMD | AMD EPYC™ Embedded 3000 Series Processors | various and later | — | No fix listed | CNA |
| AMD | AMD EPYC™ Embedded 7002 Series Processors | various and later | — | No fix listed | CNA |
| AMD | AMD EPYC™ Embedded 7003 Series Processors | various and later | — | No fix listed | CNA |
| AMD | AMD Ryzen™ Embedded R1000 Series Processors | various and later | — | No fix listed | CNA |
| AMD | AMD Ryzen™ Embedded R2000 Series Processors | various and later | — | No fix listed | CNA |
| AMD | AMD Ryzen™ Embedded 5000 Series Processors | various and later | — | No fix listed | CNA |
| AMD | AMD Ryzen™ Embedded V1000 Series Processors | various and later | — | No fix listed | CNA |
- AMD EPYC™ 7001 Series Processors VendorAMD Affected various and later Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
- AMD EPYC™ 7002 Series Processors VendorAMD Affected various and later Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
- AMD EPYC™ 7003 Series Processors VendorAMD Affected various and later Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
- AMD Ryzen™ 3000 Series Desktop Processors VendorAMD Affected various and later Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
- AMD Ryzen™ 5000 Series Desktop Processors VendorAMD Affected various and later Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
- AMD Ryzen™ 5000 Series Desktop Processor with Radeon™ Graphics VendorAMD Affected various and later Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
- AMD Athlon™ 3000 Series Desktop Processors with Radeon™ Graphics VendorAMD Affected various and later Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
- AMD Ryzen™ 4000 Series Desktop Processors with Radeon™ Graphics VendorAMD Affected various and later Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
- AMD Ryzen™ Threadripper™ 3000 Series Processors VendorAMD Affected various and later Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
- AMD Ryzen™ Threadripper™ PRO 3000WX Series Processors VendorAMD Affected various and later Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
- AMD Ryzen™ Threadripper™ PRO 5000WX Processors VendorAMD Affected various and later Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
- AMD Athlon™ 3000 Series Mobile Processors with Radeon™ Graphics VendorAMD Affected various and later Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
- AMD Athlon™ 3000 Series Mobile Processors with Radeon™ Graphics VendorAMD Affected various and later Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
- AMD Ryzen™ 3000 Series Mobile Processor with Radeon™ Graphics VendorAMD Affected various and later Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
- AMD EPYC™ Embedded 3000 Series Processors VendorAMD Affected various and later Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
- AMD EPYC™ Embedded 7002 Series Processors VendorAMD Affected various and later Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
- AMD EPYC™ Embedded 7003 Series Processors VendorAMD Affected various and later Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
- AMD Ryzen™ Embedded R1000 Series Processors VendorAMD Affected various and later Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
- AMD Ryzen™ Embedded R2000 Series Processors VendorAMD Affected various and later Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
- AMD Ryzen™ Embedded 5000 Series Processors VendorAMD Affected various and later Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
- AMD Ryzen™ Embedded V1000 Series Processors VendorAMD Affected various and later Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Fixed in the same release
Records fixed by the same vendor advisory or release, as the CNA lists them.
- Advisory ·
AMD Athlon™ 3000 Series Desktop Processors with Radeon™ Graphics, AMD Athlon™ 3000 Series Mobile Processors with Radeon™ Graphics and 18 more products — amd.com/en/resources/product-security/bulletin/amd-sb-3003.…
8 records Highest priority Priority MEDIUM 1 MEDIUM, 7 LOW
Other records, highest priority first
- TI-2023-07040 Improper re-initialization of IOMMU during the DRTM event may permit an untrusted…Priority MEDIUM 49
- TI-2021-08171 Out-of-bounds write in AMD EPYC™ 7001 Series ProcessorsPriority LOW 37
- TI-2023-07029 Time-of-check time-of-use race condition in AMD EPYC™ 7001 ProcessorsPriority LOW 34
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2024-21981
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-8x5q-gq29-2h75
References
More AMD vulnerabilities
- TI-2026-36341 AI Tensor Engine for ROCm (AITER) 0.1.14 Unauthenticated RCE via MessageQueue.recv() Pickle Deserialization CVSS 4.0CRITICAL 9.2
- TI-2023-07046 Improper privilege management in AMD Radeon™ RX 5000 Series Graphics Cards CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.8
- TI-2023-04574 GPU kernel implementations susceptible to memory leak CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.5
- TI-2023-07042 Information disclosure through error messages in AMD Ryzen™ 3000 Series Desktop… CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.5
- TI-2023-23747 PVRIC (PowerVR Image Compression) on Imagination 2018 and later GPU devices offers… CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.3
- TI-2022-07839 Improper access control in System Management Mode (SMM) may allow an attacker to write to… CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
Sources
- CVE-2024-21981 · CVE Program
- CVE-2024-21981 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-8x5q-gq29-2h75 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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