# CVE-2020-11488: Security feature bypass in NVIDIA DGX Servers

> Attackers can bypass firmware signature verification due to weak RSA key validation, potentially leading to code execution or information disclosure on NVIDIA DGX servers.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.7 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** An administrator
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 29 Oct 2020
- **Updated:** 4 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-w889-q2h7-4gw3

## What is CVE-2020-11488?

CVE-2020-11488 is a medium-severity vulnerability in NVIDIA DGX Servers, published on 29 Oct 2020. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

NVIDIA DGX servers, all DGX-1 with BMC firmware versions prior to 3.38.30 and all DGX-2 with BMC firmware versions prior to 1.06.06, contains a vulnerability in the AMI BMC firmware in which software does not validate the RSA 1024 public key used to verify the firmware signature, which may lead to information disclosure or code execution.

Weakness: CWE-347 (Improper Verification of Cryptographic Signature)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-11488?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Intel Bmc Firmware.

## How do I fix CVE-2020-11488?

No fix has been published for CVE-2020-11488 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2020-11488 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-11488 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in NVIDIA DGX Servers

- [CVE-2020-11483](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-11483/): Hardcoded credentials in NVIDIA DGX Servers (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2020-11486](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-11486/): File upload in NVIDIA DGX Servers (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2018-12171](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-12171/): Privilege escalation in Intel(R) Baseboard Management Controller (BMC) firmware (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2020-11485](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-11485/): Cross-site request forgery in NVIDIA DGX Servers (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2018-3682](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-3682/): Privilege escalation in Intel Server Boards, Compute Modules and Systems (high 8.2)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2020-11488 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2020-11488 is a medium-severity vulnerability in NVIDIA DGX Servers, published on 29 Oct 2020. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-11488 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: NVIDIA DGX Servers. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-11488/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-11488/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-11488
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-11488
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2020-11488

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