# Time-of-check time-of-use race condition in AMD EPYC™ 7001 Processors and others CVE record · `CVE-2023-20578` - **Identifiers:** `CVE-2023-20578` - **State:** Confirmed - **Severity:** CVSS 7.5 High - **Critical:** No - **CNA:** AMD - **Weakness (CWE):** [CWE-367](https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/367.html) - **Tags:** [Race condition](https://agentprime.io/advisories/tag/race-condition.md) - **Technologies:** [AMD EPYC™ 7001 Processors](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/amd-epyctm-7001-processors.md) · [AMD EPYC™ 7002 Processors](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/amd-epyctm-7002-processors.md) · [AMD EPYC™ 7003 Processors](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/amd-epyctm-7003-processors.md) · [AMD EPYC™ 9004 Processors](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/amd-epyctm-9004-processors.md) · [AMD Ryzen™ 7000 Series Desktop Processors](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/amd-ryzentm-7000-series-desktop-processors.md) · [AMD Ryzen™ Threadripper™ PRO 5000WX Processors](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/amd-ryzentm-threadrippertm-pro-5000wx-processors.md) · [AMD Ryzen™ 7020 Series Processors with Radeon™ Graphics](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/amd-ryzentm-7020-series-processors-with-radeontm-graphics.md) · [AMD Ryzen™ 6000 Series Processors with Radeon™ Graphics](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/amd-ryzentm-6000-series-processors-with-radeontm-graphics.md) · [AMD Ryzen™ 7035 Series Processors with Radeon™ Graphics](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/amd-ryzentm-7035-series-processors-with-radeontm-graphics.md) · [AMD EPYC™ Embedded 3000](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/amd-epyctm-embedded-3000.md) · [AMD EPYC™ Embedded 7002](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/amd-epyctm-embedded-7002.md) · [AMD EPYC™ Embedded 7003](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/amd-epyctm-embedded-7003.md) · [AMD EPYC™ Embedded 9003](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/amd-epyctm-embedded-9003.md) · [AMD Ryzen™ Embedded 7000](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/amd-ryzentm-embedded-7000.md) · [AMD RyzenTM Embedded V3000](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/amd-ryzentm-embedded-v3000.md) - **Published:** 13 Aug 2024 - **Updated:** 18 Mar 2025 - **Reviewed by a person:** No Published by the CVE Program (CNA: AMD) at 13 Aug 2024, 16:52 UTC. agentprime has not analysed this yet, so whether it affects any app is not known. This CVE names a vendor and product rather than a package, so the lockfile check doesn’t match it. ## Affected products, as the CNA wrote them - Vendor: AMD. Product: AMD EPYC™ 7001 Processors. - unaffected: `NaplesPI 1.0.0.K` (PI) - Other versions: affected - Package name: `PI` - Vendor: AMD. Product: AMD EPYC™ 7002 Processors. - unaffected: `RomePI 1.0.0.G` - Other versions: affected - Vendor: AMD. Product: AMD EPYC™ 7003 Processors. - unaffected: `MilanPI 1.0.0.B` - Other versions: affected - Vendor: AMD. Product: AMD EPYC™ 9004 Processors. - unaffected: `GenoaPI 1.0.0.2` - Other versions: affected - Vendor: AMD. Product: AMD Ryzen™ 7000 Series Desktop Processors. - unaffected: `ComboAM5 1.0.0.1` - Other versions: affected - Vendor: AMD. Product: AMD Ryzen™ Threadripper™ PRO 5000WX Processors. - unaffected: `ChagallWSPI-sWRX8 1.0.0.7` - Other versions: unaffected - Vendor: AMD. Product: AMD Ryzen™ 7020 Series Processors with Radeon™ Graphics. - unaffected: `MendocinoPI-FT6 1.0.0.0` - Other versions: affected - Vendor: AMD. Product: AMD Ryzen™ 6000 Series Processors with Radeon™ Graphics. - unaffected: `RembrandtPI-FP7 1.0.0.9b` - Other versions: affected - Vendor: AMD. Product: AMD Ryzen™ 7035 Series Processors with Radeon™ Graphics. - unaffected: `RembrandtPI-FP7 1.0.0.9b` - Other versions: affected - Vendor: AMD. Product: AMD EPYC™ Embedded 3000. - unaffected: `SnowyOwl PI 1.1.0.A` - Other versions: affected - Vendor: AMD. Product: AMD EPYC™ Embedded 7002. - unaffected: `EmbRomePI-SP3 1.0.0.A` - Other versions: affected - Vendor: AMD. Product: AMD EPYC™ Embedded 7003. - unaffected: `EmbMilanPI-SP3 1.0.0.7` - Other versions: affected - Vendor: AMD. Product: AMD EPYC™ Embedded 9003. - unaffected: `EmbGenoaPI-SP5 1.0.0.0` - Other versions: affected - Vendor: AMD. Product: AMD Ryzen™ Embedded 7000. - unaffected: `EmbeddedAM5PI 1.0.0.0` - Other versions: affected - Vendor: AMD. Product: AMD RyzenTM Embedded V3000. - unaffected: `EmbeddedPI-FP7r2 1.0.0.8` - Other versions: affected ## Not analysed yet We haven’t published our own analysis of this CVE. If a person reviews it, this page will say what’s affected and what has to be true for it to matter. ## Severity and exploitation - 7.5 High, CVSS 3.1: `CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H`, from CNA (AMD) - **CISA KEV:** Not listed. - **EPSS:** 0.0012, the 1st percentile, on 6 Nov 2026: FIRST’s estimate of the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days. ## Timeline This record came from the full history of the CVE Program, published 13 Aug 2024. New records show when each source confirmed them. ## Sources - [CVE List: CVE-2023-20578](https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-20578) - [NVD: CVE-2023-20578](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-20578) ### References from the CNA - (vendor-advisory) Facts on this page come from the CVE List as the CNA published them, with CVSS from the sources named above, CISA KEV and FIRST EPSS. Vendors, products and versions are shown as the CNA wrote them. We don’t reproduce the CVE’s description. ## Check whether this affects you This CVE names a vendor and product rather than a package, so the lockfile check doesn’t match it. Compare the affected versions above with what you run. - With the agentprime MCP server (), `get_advisory` returns this record and `search_advisories` finds related ones. Setup: - As JSON: - Everything that needs attention now: --- The web page: . Everything for agents: .