7.5

CVE-2021-26406: amd 1st gen amd epyc™ processors

CVSS: 7.5v3.1HighModified
Published 09-05-2023Last modified 28-01-2025
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2021-26406 is a high (CVSS 7.5) vulnerability in amd 1st gen amd epyc™ processors. EPSS estimates a 0.42% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 34.5% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
30/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
7.5/10
010
High · v3.1 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
0.42%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Timeline

  1. 09-05-2023
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 28-01-2025
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Insufficient validation in parsing Owner's Certificate Authority (OCA) certificates in SEV (AMD Secure Encrypted Virtualization) and SEV-ES user application can lead to a host crash potentially resulting in denial of service.

CVSS metrics

2 scores · 2 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.42%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

35%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 0.42% on 19-09-2026

19-09-202619-10-2026
EPSS score
0.42%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

No weakness data has been published for this record.

Affected systems

Amd53 products

1 vendor · 53 products

References

2 links