Security Vulnerability in AMD CPUs Allowing Configuration Modification
CVE-2025-29943
Key Information:
- Vendor
Amd
- Status
- Vendor
- CVE Published:
- 16 January 2026
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What is CVE-2025-29943?
A security vulnerability has been identified in AMD CPUs, which may permit an administrator-privileged attacker to alter the configuration of the CPU pipeline. This manipulation could potentially corrupt the stack pointer within a Secure Encrypted Virtualization-Scalable Nested Page Tables (SEV-SNP) guest, affecting the integrity and security of virtualized environments. Users of AMD EPYC and Ryzen processors should remain vigilant and apply necessary mitigations as detailed in the latest security bulletins.

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Affected Version(s)
AMD EPYC™ 8004 Series Processors Genoa++_1.0.0.H
AMD EPYC™ 9004 Series Processors Genoa++_1.0.0.H
AMD EPYC™ 9005 Series Processors TurinPI_1.0.0.6
Exploit Proof of Concept (PoC)
PoC code is written by security researchers to demonstrate the vulnerability can be exploited. PoC code is also a key component for weaponization which could lead to ransomware.
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CVSS V4
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Exploit known to exist
Vulnerability published
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