Elevated code execution via unsigned HTTP updates
Published Jun 12, 2026 · Updated Jun 12, 2026
Insecure updating in AMD Management Console, Ryzen Master, and uProf allows man-in-the-middle attackers to execute elevated code. The AMD Auto Updater retrieves executables over HTTP and accepts them without verifying a digital signature, allowing a network intermediary to replace the download. Exploitation requires interception of update traffic and passive user interaction; successful substitution executes the attacker's binary with elevated privileges.
Summary
What happened
Insecure updating in AMD Management Console, Ryzen Master, and uProf allows man-in-the-middle attackers to execute elevated code. The AMD Auto Updater retrieves executables over HTTP and accepts them without verifying a digital signature, allowing a network intermediary to replace the download. Exploitation requires interception of update traffic and passive user interaction; successful substitution executes the attacker's binary with elevated privileges.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2026-40677
- Published
- Jun 12, 2026
- Updated
- Jun 12, 2026
- Vendor
- Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
- Product
- AMD Management Console
- Classifications
- CWE-1428, T1557
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- unauthenticated
Timeline
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- Jun 12, 2026CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Jun 12, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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