Privilege Escalation Risk in AMD Chipset Driver Installation
CVE-2026-0432

8.5HIGH

Key Information:

Vendor

Amd
Status
Amd Ryzen™ 4000 Series Mobile Processors With Radeon™ Graphics
Amd Ryzen™ 7035 Series Processors With Radeon™ Graphics
Amd Athlon™ 3000 Series Mobile Processors With Radeon™ Graphics
Amd Ryzen™ 7040 Series Mobile Processors With Radeon™ Graphics
Vendor
CVE Published:
15 May 2026

What is CVE-2026-0432?

The AMD chipset driver is affected by improper default permissions set in the installation directory. This flaw can facilitate a privilege escalation, enabling an attacker to execute arbitrary code on an affected system. Appropriate security measures need to be applied to mitigate the risk associated with this vulnerability.

Affected Version(s)

AMD Athlon™ 3000 Series Desktop Processors with Radeon™ Graphics AMD Ryzen™ Chipset Driver 8.01.20.513

AMD Athlon™ 3000 Series Mobile Processors with Radeon™ Graphics AMD Ryzen™ Chipset Driver 8.01.20.513

AMD EPYC™ 4004 Series Processors AMD Chipset Driver 8.01.20.513

References

https://www.amd.com/en/resources/product-security/bulleti...
https://www.amd.com/en/resources/product-security/bulleti...

CVSS V4

Score:
8.5
Severity:
HIGH
Confidentiality:
High
Integrity:
High
Availability:
High
Attack Vector:
Local
Attack Complexity:
Low
Attack Required:
None
Privileges Required:
Undefined
User Interaction:
None

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

Credit

Reported through AMD Bug Bounty Program
.