# CVE-2021-26360: Privilege escalation in AMD Radeon RX 6000 Series & PRO W6000 Series

> Local attackers can modify security registers to corrupt encrypted memory and execute arbitrary code in the AMD Secure Processor.

- **Severity:** High 7.8 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 9 Nov 2022
- **Updated:** 1 May 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-5v6h-fqxx-8wv5

## What is CVE-2021-26360?

CVE-2021-26360 is a high-severity vulnerability in Amd Radeon Software, published on 9 Nov 2022. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

An attacker with local access to the system can make unauthorized modifications of the security configuration of the SOC registers. This could allow potential corruption of AMD secure processor’s encrypted memory contents which may lead to arbitrary code execution in ASP.

Weakness: CWE-284 (Improper Access Control)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2021-26360?

It affects 3 products.


Products: Amd Enterprise Driver, Amd Radeon Pro Software, Amd Radeon Software.

## How do I fix CVE-2021-26360?

No fix has been published for CVE-2021-26360 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2021-26360 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-26360 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Amd Radeon Software

- [CVE-2021-26391](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-26391/): Security feature bypass in AMD Radeon RX 5000 Series & PRO W5000 Series (high 7.8)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2021-26360 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2021-26360 is a high-severity vulnerability in Amd Radeon Software, published on 9 Nov 2022. 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-2021-26360 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Amd Radeon Software. 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-2021-26360/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-26360/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-26360
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-26360
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2021-26360

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-26360/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.