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CVE-2023-20579
AMD AMD Ryzen™ 5000 Series Desktop Processor with Radeon™ Graphics — Improper Access Control in the AMD SPI protection feature may allow a user with Ring0 (kernel mode) privileged access to bypass protectio…
AV AC PR UI S C I A CVSS EPSS %ile KEV
L L H N U N H H 6.0 .0016 5.0 —
AFFECTED
Product Versions Fixed
AMD Ryzen™ 5000 Series Desktop Processor with Radeon™ Graphics various – —
AMD Ryzen™ 7000 Series Desktop Processor Various – —
AMD Ryzen™ 4000 Series Mobile Processors with Radeon™ Graphics various – —
AMD Ryzen™ 5000 Series Mobile Processors with Radeon™ Graphics various – —
AMD Ryzen™ 4000 Series Desktop Processors with Radeon™ Graphics various – —
AMD Ryzen™ 6000 Series Processors with Radeon™ Graphics various – —
AMD Ryzen™ 7040 Series Mobile Processors with Radeon™ Graphics various – —
AMD Ryzen™ 5000 Series Processors with Radeon™ Graphics various – —
AMD Ryzen™ 7045 Series Mobile Processors various – —
AMD Ryzen™ 7020 Series Processors with Radeon™ Graphics various – —
+ 5 more
TIMELINE
Oct 27 Reserved by AMD
Feb 13 Published (CNA: AMD)
Sep 2 RESCORED — CVE-2023-20579 (AMD Ryzen™ 5000 Series Desktop Processor with Radeon™ Graphics ). CVSS 3.4 → 6 (NVD).
Description
Improper
Access Control in the AMD SPI protection feature may allow a user with Ring0
(kernel mode) privileged access to bypass protections potentially resulting in
loss of integrity and availability.
Lifecycle
Complete event history — 3 events, chronological
| Date | Event | Detail |
|---|
| October 27, 2022 | Reserved | Reserved by AMD |
| February 13, 2024 | Published | Published (CNA: AMD) |
| September 2, 2026 | RESCORED | RESCORED — CVE-2023-20579 (AMD Ryzen™ 5000 Series Desktop Processor with Radeon™ Graphics ). CVSS 3.4 → 6 (NVD). |
Affected
Affected products and packages — 15 rows
| Vendor | Product / Package | Ecosystem | Version introduced | Fixed |
|---|
| AMD | AMD Ryzen™ 5000 Series Desktop Processor with Radeon™ Graphics | — | various | — |
| AMD | AMD Ryzen™ 7000 Series Desktop Processor | — | Various | — |
| AMD | AMD Ryzen™ 4000 Series Mobile Processors with Radeon™ Graphics | — | various | — |
| AMD | AMD Ryzen™ 5000 Series Mobile Processors with Radeon™ Graphics | — | various | — |
| AMD | AMD Ryzen™ 4000 Series Desktop Processors with Radeon™ Graphics | — | various | — |
| AMD | AMD Ryzen™ 6000 Series Processors with Radeon™ Graphics | — | various | — |
| AMD | AMD Ryzen™ 7040 Series Mobile Processors with Radeon™ Graphics | — | various | — |
| AMD | AMD Ryzen™ 5000 Series Processors with Radeon™ Graphics | — | various | — |
| AMD | AMD Ryzen™ 7045 Series Mobile Processors | — | various | — |
| AMD | AMD Ryzen™ 7020 Series Processors with Radeon™ Graphics | — | various | — |
| AMD | AMD Ryzen™ Embedded V2000 | — | various | — |
| AMD | AMD Ryzen™ Embedded V3000 | — | various | — |
| AMD | AMD Ryzen™ 7040 Series Mobile Processors with Radeon™ Graphics | — | various | — |
| AMD | AMD Ryzen™ 7035 Series Mobile Processors with Radeon™ Graphics | — | various | — |
| AMD | AMD Ryzen™ 3000 Series Processors with Radeon™ Graphics | — | various | — |
About this page
This is a reference page, not a dated page of record. It assembles the complete lifecycle of CVE-2023-20579 from the CVE Program record, NVD enrichment, the CISA KEV catalog, EPSS, and OSV advisories. The box score's numbers (CVSS, EPSS, KEV status) are current as of Sunday, October 4, 2026 UTC and are re-derived as the archive grows; only dated daily editions are immutable pages of record. The authoritative source for this identifier is cve.org.
