Observable Timing Discrepancy in the AMD Vitis Libraries ECDSA secp256k1 component could…
Priority LOW 35CWE-208Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Local
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Attack requirements
- None
- Impact type
- Information disclosure
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · None
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 4.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-208.
Summary
Observable Timing Discrepancy in the AMD Vitis Libraries ECDSA secp256k1 component could allow attackers with local access to potentially perform timing analysis or electromagnetic emanation attacks, resulting in high confidentiality and integrity impact due to the exposure of private cryptographic keys.
Why it matters now
Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00159 5th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed Vitis™ Libraries - Security Module (AMD): 2026.1Vitis™ Unified Installer for FPGAs & Adaptive SoCs in Windows (AMD): 2026.1
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 Vitis™ Libraries - Security Module (AMD) Fixed in 2026.1
- Fix · CNA Vitis™ Unified Installer for FPGAs & Adaptive SoCs in Windows (AMD) Fixed in 2026.1
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-43606
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-cx8r-g3c8-jcfg
More AMD vulnerabilities
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- 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-2026-43606 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-43606 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-cx8r-g3c8-jcfg · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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