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CVE-2021-26391 json

Insufficient verification of multiple header signatures while loading a Trusted Application (TA) may allow an attacker with privileges to g…

published 4y ago modified 4mo ago also EUVD-2021-13197

cvss
7.8
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.2%
EPSS 0.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 8%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Insufficient verification of multiple header signatures while loading a Trusted Application (TA) may allow an attacker with privileges to gain code execution in that TA or the OS/kernel.

Patch / fix

  • AMD AMD Radeon RX 5000 Series & PRO W5000 Series 22.5.2, 22.10.20, 22.Q2
  • AMD AMD Radeon RX 6000 Series & PRO W6000 Series 22.5.2, 22.10.20, 22.Q2

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Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2021-26391 updated cvss 6.4

hw: amd: Insufficient verification of header signature may lead to unwanted code execution problem

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 perf, kernel, python-perf, kernel-kdump, kernel-firmware, kernel-bootwrapper, +1 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 perf, kernel, bpftool, kernel-rt, python-perf, kernel-kdump, +8 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 perf, kernel, bpftool, kernel-rt, kernel-core, kernel-tools, +29 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 rv, perf, rtla, kernel, bpftool, libperf, +83 more
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

CISA SSVC

Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
total
Assessed
last yr.

Exploit prediction

0.19% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 8% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CISA ADP 3.1 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 3.1 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CNA 3.1 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected products

  • AMD AMD Radeon RX 5000 Series & PRO W5000 Series
  • AMD AMD Radeon RX 6000 Series & PRO W6000 Series

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-347 Improper Verification of Cryptographic Signature

References

Sources

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