Secure Encrypted Virtualization (SEV) on Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) Platform Security Processor (PSP; aka AMD Secure Processor or AMD-SP)
Secure Encrypted Virtualization (SEV) on Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) Platform Security Processor (PSP; aka AMD Secure Processor or AMD-SP) 0.17 build 11 and earlier has an insecure cryptographic implementation.
- BDU:2024-07286
- DLA-3511-1
- openSUSE-SU-2019:1770-1
- openSUSE-SU-2024:10894-1
- openSUSE-SU-2025:14769-1
- openSUSE-SU-2025:14770-1
- openSUSE-SU-2025:14771-1
- openSUSE-SU-2025:14772-1
- openSUSE-SU-2025:14773-1
- openSUSE-SU-2025:14774-1
- openSUSE-SU-2025:14775-1
- openSUSE-SU-2025:14776-1
- openSUSE-SU-2025:14777-1
- openSUSE-SU-2025:14778-1
- openSUSE-SU-2025:14779-1
- openSUSE-SU-2025:14780-1
- openSUSE-SU-2025:14781-1
- openSUSE-SU-2025:14782-1
- openSUSE-SU-2025:14783-1
- openSUSE-SU-2025:14784-1
- Published
- Jun 25, 2019
- Updated
- Jun 16, 2026
- EPSS
- 1.6% · 75th percentile
- CWE
- CWE-327
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Report tools
Action score
21
Monitor
Low priority for now.
- CVSS
- 21 / 40 · 5.3 / 10
- CISA KEV
- 0 / 30 · Not listed
- EPSS
- 0 / 30 · 1.6%
Noroxi analysis
No Noroxi analysis for this record yet
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We use this product, ask for helpAffected systems
| Vendor | Product | CPE |
|---|---|---|
| amd | secure encrypted virtualization firmware | cpe:2.3:o:amd:secure_encrypted_virtualization_firmware |
| amd | epyc 7251 | cpe:2.3:h:amd:epyc_7251 |
| amd | epyc 7261 | cpe:2.3:h:amd:epyc_7261 |
| amd | epyc 7281 | cpe:2.3:h:amd:epyc_7281 |
| amd | epyc 7301 | cpe:2.3:h:amd:epyc_7301 |
| amd | epyc 7351 | cpe:2.3:h:amd:epyc_7351 |
| amd | epyc 7351p | cpe:2.3:h:amd:epyc_7351p |
| amd | epyc 7371 | cpe:2.3:h:amd:epyc_7371 |
| amd | epyc 7401 | cpe:2.3:h:amd:epyc_7401 |
| amd | epyc 7401p | cpe:2.3:h:amd:epyc_7401p |
| amd | epyc 7451 | cpe:2.3:h:amd:epyc_7451 |
| amd | epyc 7501 | cpe:2.3:h:amd:epyc_7501 |
and 4 more
Affected versions
NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.
- amd secure encrypted virtualization firmwareup to 0.17b11 inclusive
- opensuse leap15.0
- opensuse leap15.1
Package-level exposure
OSV and GitHub Advisory data: ecosystem, package and range. SBOM matching uses this table.
| Ecosystem | Package | Affected range | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian:10 | amd64-microcode | before 3.20230719.1~deb10u1 | 3.20230719.1~deb10u1 |
| Debian:12 | amd64-microcode | before 3.20220411.1 | 3.20220411.1 |
| openSUSE:Leap 15.0 | kernel-firmware | before 20190618-lp151.2.6.1 | 20190618-lp151.2.6.1 |
| openSUSE:Tumbleweed | kernel-firmware | before 20210901-1.2 | 20210901-1.2 |
| openSUSE:Tumbleweed | kernel-firmware-all | before 20250206-1.1 | 20250206-1.1 |
| openSUSE:Tumbleweed | kernel-firmware-amdgpu | before 20250206-1.1 | 20250206-1.1 |
| openSUSE:Tumbleweed | kernel-firmware-ath10k | before 20250206-1.1 | 20250206-1.1 |
| openSUSE:Tumbleweed | kernel-firmware-ath11k | before 20250206-1.1 | 20250206-1.1 |
| openSUSE:Tumbleweed | kernel-firmware-ath12k | before 20250206-1.1 | 20250206-1.1 |
| openSUSE:Tumbleweed | kernel-firmware-atheros | before 20250206-1.1 | 20250206-1.1 |
| openSUSE:Tumbleweed | kernel-firmware-bluetooth | before 20250208-1.1 | 20250208-1.1 |
| openSUSE:Tumbleweed | kernel-firmware-bnx2 | before 20250206-1.1 | 20250206-1.1 |
| openSUSE:Tumbleweed | kernel-firmware-brcm | before 20250206-1.1 | 20250206-1.1 |
| openSUSE:Tumbleweed | kernel-firmware-chelsio | before 20250206-1.1 | 20250206-1.1 |
| openSUSE:Tumbleweed | kernel-firmware-dpaa2 | before 20250206-1.1 | 20250206-1.1 |
| openSUSE:Tumbleweed | kernel-firmware-i915 | before 20250210-1.1 | 20250210-1.1 |
| openSUSE:Tumbleweed | kernel-firmware-intel | before 20250206-1.1 | 20250206-1.1 |
| openSUSE:Tumbleweed | kernel-firmware-iwlwifi | before 20250206-1.1 | 20250206-1.1 |
| openSUSE:Tumbleweed | kernel-firmware-liquidio | before 20250206-1.1 | 20250206-1.1 |
| openSUSE:Tumbleweed | kernel-firmware-marvell | before 20250206-1.1 | 20250206-1.1 |
| openSUSE:Tumbleweed | kernel-firmware-media | before 20250206-1.1 | 20250206-1.1 |
| openSUSE:Tumbleweed | kernel-firmware-mediatek | before 20250206-1.1 | 20250206-1.1 |
| openSUSE:Tumbleweed | kernel-firmware-mellanox | before 20250206-1.1 | 20250206-1.1 |
| openSUSE:Tumbleweed | kernel-firmware-mwifiex | before 20250206-1.1 | 20250206-1.1 |
+17
Remediation
Which version to upgrade to
Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.
| Product / package | Fixed version | Source |
|---|---|---|
| debian:amd64-microcode | 3.20220411.1 · Debian:12 | Package registry (OSV) |
| opensuse:kernel-firmware | 20190618-lp151.2.6.1 · openSUSE:Leap 15.0 | Package registry (OSV) |
| opensuse:kernel-firmware-amdgpu | 20250206-1.1 · openSUSE:Tumbleweed | Package registry (OSV) |
| opensuse:kernel-firmware-ath10k | 20250206-1.1 · openSUSE:Tumbleweed | Package registry (OSV) |
| opensuse:kernel-firmware-ath11k | 20250206-1.1 · openSUSE:Tumbleweed | Package registry (OSV) |
| opensuse:kernel-firmware-ath12k | 20250206-1.1 · openSUSE:Tumbleweed | Package registry (OSV) |
| opensuse:kernel-firmware-atheros | 20250206-1.1 · openSUSE:Tumbleweed | Package registry (OSV) |
| opensuse:kernel-firmware-bluetooth | 20250208-1.1 · openSUSE:Tumbleweed | Package registry (OSV) |
| opensuse:kernel-firmware-bnx2 | 20250206-1.1 · openSUSE:Tumbleweed | Package registry (OSV) |
| opensuse:kernel-firmware-brcm | 20250206-1.1 · openSUSE:Tumbleweed | Package registry (OSV) |
| opensuse:kernel-firmware-chelsio | 20250206-1.1 · openSUSE:Tumbleweed | Package registry (OSV) |
| opensuse:kernel-firmware-dpaa2 | 20250206-1.1 · openSUSE:Tumbleweed | Package registry (OSV) |
| opensuse:kernel-firmware-i915 | 20250210-1.1 · openSUSE:Tumbleweed | Package registry (OSV) |
| suse:kernel-firmware | 20190618-3.3.1 · SUSE:Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP1 | Package registry (OSV) |
Exploit status
No known public exploit
No public exploit has been observed yet. That doesn't mean you're safe, only that the bar is a little higher.
Research context
For pentesters and researchers: attack profile, score disagreement, timeline, patch commits, credits, variant and chain candidates, bug bounty scope. All derived from existing data; no exploit code.
Timeline
From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.
No dated events beyond publication.
FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).
Patch and commit links
Commit, PR and diff links among the references. A starting point for patch-diffing and variant hunting; fixes, not exploits.
No commit or PR link among the references.
Credits
All researchersFinders, reporters and analysts named in the CNA record. Click a name for that researcher’s other records.
No credits in the CNA record.
Variant candidates
Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.
No nightly-computed relations.
Chain candidates
An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.
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Bug bounty scope
No known public program.
Source: bounty-targets-data (public HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti, YesWeHack listings).
Technical details
Attack conditions
- Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it.
- No account or password is required.
- No user action is required.
- No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
If successful
- Confidentiality
- low · data can be read
- Integrity
- none
- Availability
- none
- Attack vector
- Network
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality impact
- Low
- Integrity impact
- None
- Availability impact
- None
Weakness class (CWE)
CWE-327 · Use of a Broken or Risky Cryptographic AlgorithmCVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
nvd-primary
Attack context
MITRE CAPEC attack patterns and ATT&CK techniques for this weakness class (CWE). A starting point for detection rules and threat hunting.
Attack patterns (CAPEC)
- Encryption Brute ForcingCAPEC-20likelihood: Low · Low
- Creating a Rogue Certification Authority CertificateCAPEC-459likelihood: Medium · Very High
- Signature SpoofCAPEC-473
- Signature Spoofing by Improper ValidationCAPEC-475likelihood: Low · High
- Cryptanalysis of Cellular EncryptionCAPEC-608High
- Rooting SIM CardsCAPEC-614High
- CryptanalysisCAPEC-97likelihood: Low · Very High
Change log
- Fix✗ → ✓
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References
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-07/msg00032.html
- packetstormsecurity.com/files/153436/AMD-Secure-Encrypted-Virtualization-SEV-Key-Recovery.html
- seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2019/Jun/46
- support.hpe.com/hpsc/doc/public/display?docLocale=en_US&docId=emr_na-hpesbhf03943en_us
- www.amd.com/en/corporate/product-security
Vendor advisories and official records. Exploit/PoC links are deliberately left out.