Nuvoton - CWE-1300: Improper Protection of Physical Side Channels
Priority LOW 17CWE-1300Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Physical
- Privileges required
- High
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- High
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · None · None
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA.
Summary
A side-channel attack, which requires a physical presence to the TPM, can lead to extraction of an Elliptic Curve Diffie-Hellman (ECDH) key.
Why it matters now
Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00117 1st percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed NPCT7xx (Nuvoton): 7.2.4.0
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
Remediation
- Fix · CNA NPCT7xx (Nuvoton) Fixed in 7.2.4.0
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-6923
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-j7g5-cj58-4v5f
More Nuvoton vulnerabilities
- TI-2024-25683 Authentication bypass in Nuvoton NPCM7xx BootBlock CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.7
- TI-2021-11994 In Nuvoton NPCT75x TPM 1.2 firmware 7.4.0.0, a local authenticated malicious user with… CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.0
- TI-2020-15336 An attacker with physical access to Nuvoton Trusted Platform Module (NPCT75x 7.2.x before… CVSS 3.1LOW 3.8
Sources
- CVE-2026-6923 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-6923 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-j7g5-cj58-4v5f · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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