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Vulnerability · CVE-2025-61972

Missing lock bit protection for NBIO registers could allow a local admin-privileged attacker to gain arbitrary System Management Network (SMN) access, potentially resu…

Published May 13, 2026 · catalog updated Jun 17, 2026 · the affected product

Check if you run it

No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2025-61972. EPSS is 0.13%. Act only if a listed version of the affected product is installed.

Gaps on this record

  • No plain product name is stored. The page cannot tell you which product to check.
  • No version range is stored. A customer cannot check an installed version against this record.
  • No vendor fix or required action is stored. Compare the linked advisory before you change production.
Severity
High8.5
Known exploitation
Not in CISA/VulnCheck KEV
EPSS
0.13%
Remediation
Advisory link
Affected products
See sources for product scope

Missing lock bit protection for NBIO registers could allow a local admin-privileged attacker to gain arbitrary System Management Network (SMN) access, potentially resulting in arbitrary code execution in AMD Secure Processor (ASP) and loss of the SEV-SNP guest's confidentiality and integrity.

No affected version ranges are stored yet. Use the vendor advisory before you decide this record does not apply.

How to fix CVE-2025-61972

What to do

Three questions, each answered from this record only. Confirm the vendor advisory before you patch.

Should you patch?

No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2025-61972. EPSS is 0.13%. Act only if a listed version of the affected product is installed.

Which versions are affected?

Affected version ranges are not on this record. Compare the installed version with the linked vendor advisory before you change production.

What should an analyst verify?

CWE-1233. EPSS 0.13%. There is no CISA KEV listing. No Exploit-DB or Metasploit reference is linked. Use the source links for the original advisory.

Code

The project this record applies to. Exploit listings stay in References.

No public source repository is identified for this product.

Timeline

Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.

  1. May 13, 2026 · NIST NVD

    Detected

    Missing lock bit protection for NBIO registers could allow a local admin-privileged attacker to gain arbitrary System Management Network (SMN) access, potentially resulting in arbitrary code execution in AMD Secure Processor (ASP) and loss of the SEV-SNP guest's confidentiality and integrity.

  2. Jun 17, 2026 · NIST NVD

    Updated

    Missing lock bit protection for NBIO registers could allow a local admin-privileged attacker to gain arbitrary System Management Network (SMN) access, potentially resulting in arbitrary code execution in AMD Secure Processor (ASP) and loss of the SEV-SNP guest's confidentiality and integrity.

Sources

  • CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2025-61972

    Official CVE identifier

    cve.org
  • FIRST EPSSExploitation probabilityCVE-2025-61972

    30-day exploitation probability 0.1%

    first.org
  • NIST NVDVulnerability recordCVE-2025-61972

    Missing lock bit protection for NBIO registers could allow a local admin-privileged attacker to gain arbitrary System Management Network (SMN) access, potentially resulting in arbitrary code execution in AMD Secure Processor (ASP) and loss of the SEV-SNP guest's confidentiality a

    nvd.nist.gov

References

Freshness

Last verified in this catalog Oct 18, 2026. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.