CVE-2025-54518
Improper isolation of shared resources within the CPU operation cache on Zen 2-based products could allow an attacker to corrupt instructions executed at a different privilege level, potentially resulting in privilege escalation.
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.29%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
Improper isolation of shared resources within the CPU operation cache on Zen 2-based products could allow an attacker to corrupt instructions executed at a different privilege level, potentially resulting in privilege escalation.
- CVSS 4.0
- 7.3 HIGHCVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:H/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/M
- EPSS
- 0.29% probability · 21th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-1189, CWE-1220
- Source
- psirt@amd.com
References
- https://www.amd.com/en/resources/product-security/bulletin/AMD-SB-7052.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/05/12/15
- http://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-490.html
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:50978
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:50979
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:53329
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:53989
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:53990
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:54769
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:55444
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:56573
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:57402
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:57457
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:57543
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:59091
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:59831
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:60019
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:62549
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-54518
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2477784
- https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2025/cve-2025-54518.json
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.