AMD Device Metrics Exporter (ROCm ecosystem) Vulnerability

Summary

The report identified that  Device Metrics Exporter (ROCm ecosystem), which is a part of AMD gpu-operator and network-operator, exposes port 50061 on all network interfaces by default, making the GPU-Agent gRPC(Google Remote Procedure call) server accessible to unauthenticated remote users. AMD Device Metrics Exporter enables real-time collection of telemetry data in Prometheus format from AMD GPUs in HPC and AI environments. It provides comprehensive metrics including temperature, utilization, memory usage, power consumption, and more. The report also noted that the component’s ZEROMQ service similarly binds to all interfaces on port 6601.

AMD has determined this to be a valid issue and that it could allow a remote unauthenticated attacker to modify the GPU configuration. The issue affects only Debian package deployment; however, the Docker and Kubernetes deployment models are not affected. While an initial review may suggest the issue could be Critical, the practical risk is significantly reduced in modern datacenter environments, which typically enforce strict network access controls, including firewalls, zero-trust segmentation, and restricted traffic.

Please see the Affected Products and Mitigation section for additional details.

References 

https://instinct.docs.amd.com/projects/device-metrics-exporter/en/latest/

Acknowledgement 

AMD thanks Aliya Hassam and Allan Xavier from Digital Ocean for reporting this issue and engaging in coordinated vulnerability disclosure. 

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