Weak random values via false RDSEED success
Published Nov 21, 2025 · Updated Feb 26, 2026
Insufficient entropy handling in AMD Zen 5 processors allows local users to influence 16-bit and 32-bit RDSEED output. Affected forms can return zero at a nonrandom rate while setting the carry flag to success, causing callers to accept failed seed generation as valid. Local low-privileged code must execute an affected form; the 64-bit form is unaffected, and consumed output can undermine confidentiality and integrity.
Summary
What happened
Insufficient entropy handling in AMD Zen 5 processors allows local users to influence 16-bit and 32-bit RDSEED output. Affected forms can return zero at a nonrandom rate while setting the carry flag to success, causing callers to accept failed seed generation as valid. Local low-privileged code must execute an affected form; the 64-bit form is unaffected, and consumed output can undermine confidentiality and integrity.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2025-62626
- Published
- Nov 21, 2025
- Updated
- Feb 26, 2026
- Vendor
- Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
- Product
- AMD EPYC 9005 Series Processors
- Classifications
- CWE-333
- Attack vector
- local
- Privileges
- authenticated
Timeline
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- Nov 21, 2025CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Feb 26, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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