The use of insecure HTTP transport within AMD optional tools could allow an attacker to…
Priority LOW 36CWE-1428Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- Passive
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Attack requirements
- Present
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · High
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 4.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA.
Summary
The use of insecure HTTP transport within AMD optional tools could allow an attacker to conduct a man-in-the-middle attack, potentially leading to arbitrary code execution.
Why it matters now
Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00435 37th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed AMD Management Console (AMC) (AMD): 14.0.0AMD Ryzen™ Master (AMD): 2.14.3+1 more product
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
Remediation
- Fix · CNA AMD Management Console (AMC) (AMD) Fixed in 14.0.0
- Fix · CNA AMD Ryzen™ Master (AMD) Fixed in 2.14.3
- Fix · CNA AMD µProf (AMD) Fixed in 5.3
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-40677
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-7w59-qfq7-wqw6
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-2026-40677 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-40677 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-7w59-qfq7-wqw6 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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