Vitis™ Vulnerabilities
Summary
The reported vulnerabilities could allow low-privileged users to gain higher level privileges allowing them to edit or load unintended files in the Vitis™ tool installation paths on local Windows machines and/or allow DLL injection into these install paths for arbitrary code execution.
CVE Details
Refer to Glossary for explanation of terms
CVE |
CVE Description |
CVSS Base Score |
| CVE-2026-43606 | Observable Timing Discrepancy in the Vitis™ Libraries ECDSA secp256k1 component could allow attackers with local access to potentially perform timing analysis or electromagnetic emanation attacks, resulting in high confidentiality and integrity impact due to the exposure of private cryptographic keys. | 7.7 CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N |
| CVE-2025-48505 | Weak permissions in the Vitis™ Unified installation path on local Windows machines could allow a low-privileged user to achieve privileged escalation, potentially resulting in arbitrary code execution. | 7.3 CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:A/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:L/SI:LSA:N |
| CVE-2025-48506 | Uncontrolled search paths in Vitis™ Unified installation path on local Windows machines could allow DLL injection into these install paths, potentially resulting in arbitrary code execution. | 7.3 CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:L/SI:L/SA:L |
| CVE-2025-0041 | Uncontrolled search paths in the Vitis™ Embedded Single File Download (SFD) for local Windows installation could allow a low-privileged user to create arbitrary code execution. | 7.3 CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:L/SI:L/SA:L |
| CVE-2025-61970 | Weak permissions in the Vitis™Unified installation path on local Windows machines could allow a low-privileged user to create arbitrary code, potentially resulting in binary hijacking. | 7.3 CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:A/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N/ |
Specific CVSS scores may change subject to your implementation. We encourage you to calculate CVSS scores independently for your system.
Affected Products and Mitigation
AMD plans to release mitigations on the target dates listed below.
| Program | CVE ID | Mitigation | Mitigation Release Date |
| Vitis™ Embedded Single File Download (SFD) for Windows | CVE-2025-0041 | 2026.1 | 2026-06-23 |
| CVE-2025-61970 | 2026.1 | 2026-06-23 | |
| Vitis™ Libraries - Security Module | CVE-2026-43606 | 2026.1 | 2026-06-23 |
| Vitis™ Unified Installer for FPGAs & Adaptive SoCs in Windows | CVE-2025-48505 | 2026.1 | 2026-06-23 |
| CVE-2025-48506 | 2026.1 | 2026-06-23 |
Acknowledgement
AMD thanks the following researchers for participating in the AMD Bug Bounty Program:
- Mohamed Amine Saidani (Pwni) - CVE-2025-48505, CVE-2025-48506
- Researcher “ycdxsb” - CVE-2025-0041, CVE-2025-61970
- Researcher ‘bunny0417’ - CVE-2026-43606
Revisions
| Revision Date | Description |
| 2026-08-11 | Initial publication |
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