VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE
CVE-2021-26311
CVSS score7.2 HIGH
EPSS probability1.68%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2021-05-13
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Description
In the AMD SEV/SEV-ES feature, memory can be rearranged in the guest address space that is not detected by the attestation mechanism which could be used by a malicious hypervisor to potentially lead to arbitrary code execution within the guest VM if a malicious administrator has access to compromise the server hypervisor.
Weakness classification
- nvd@nist.gov: CWE-77
Primary references
- psirt@amd.com — Vendor Advisory
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 — Vendor Advisory