CVE-2024-56161: AMD Epyc 7001 Series

High severity, CVSS 7.2. EPSS: 0.5% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Improper signature verification in AMD CPU ROM microcode patch loader may allow an attacker with local administrator privilege to load malicious CPU microcode resulting in loss of confidentiality and integrity of a confidential guest running under AMD SEV-SNP.

Affected products

  • AMD AMD Epyc 7001 Series
  • AMD AMD Epyc 7002 Series
  • AMD AMD Epyc 7003 Series
  • AMD AMD Epyc 9004 Series

Published 2025-02-03. Last modified 2026-06-17.