# Improper privilege management in AMD Radeon™ RX 5000 Series Graphics Cards and others

CVE record · `CVE-2023-20598`

- **Identifiers:** `CVE-2023-20598`
- **State:** Confirmed
- **Severity:** CVSS 7.8 High
- **Critical:** No
- **CNA:** AMD
- **Weakness (CWE):** [CWE-269](https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/269.html)
- **Tags:** [Privilege escalation](https://agentprime.io/advisories/tag/privilege-escalation.md)
- **Technologies:** [AMD Radeon™ RX 5000 Series Graphics Cards](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/amd-radeontm-rx-5000-series-graphics-cards.md) · [AMD Radeon™ RX 6000 Series Graphics Cards](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/amd-radeontm-rx-6000-series-graphics-cards.md) · [AMD Radeon™ RX 7000 Series Graphics Cards](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/amd-radeontm-rx-7000-series-graphics-cards.md) · [AMD Radeon™ PRO W5000 Series Graphics Cards](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/amd-radeontm-pro-w5000-series-graphics-cards.md) · [AMD Radeon™ PRO W6000 Series Graphics Cards](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/amd-radeontm-pro-w6000-series-graphics-cards.md) · [AMD Radeon™ PRO W7000 Series Graphics Cards](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/amd-radeontm-pro-w7000-series-graphics-cards.md) · [AMD Ryzen™ 7045 Series Processors with Radeon™ Graphics](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/amd-ryzentm-7045-series-processors-with-radeontm-graphics.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™ 7040 Series Processors with Radeon™ Graphics](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/amd-ryzentm-7040-series-processors-with-radeontm-graphics.md) · [AMD Ryzen™ 7000 Series Processors with Radeon™ Graphics](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/amd-ryzentm-7000-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)
- **Published:** 17 Oct 2023
- **Updated:** 2 Aug 2024
- **Reviewed by a person:** No

Published by the CVE Program (CNA: AMD) at 17 Oct 2023, 13:26 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: Radeon™ RX 5000 Series Graphics Cards.
  - affected: `various`
  - Other versions: affected
- Vendor: AMD. Product: Radeon™ RX 6000 Series Graphics Cards.
  - affected: `various`
  - Other versions: affected
- Vendor: AMD. Product: Radeon™ RX 7000 Series Graphics Cards.
  - affected: `various`
  - Other versions: affected
- Vendor: AMD. Product: Radeon™ PRO W5000 Series Graphics Cards.
  - affected: `Various`
  - Other versions: affected
- Vendor: AMD. Product: Radeon™ PRO W6000 Series Graphics Cards.
  - affected: `various`
  - Other versions: affected
- Vendor: AMD. Product: Radeon™ PRO W7000 Series Graphics Cards.
  - affected: `various`
  - Other versions: affected
- Vendor: AMD. Product: Ryzen™ 7045 Series Processors with Radeon™ Graphics.
  - affected: `various`
  - Other versions: affected
- Vendor: AMD. Product: Ryzen™ 7020 Series Processors with Radeon™ Graphics.
  - affected: `various`
  - Other versions: affected
- Vendor: AMD. Product: Ryzen™ 7040 Series Processors with Radeon™ Graphics.
  - affected: `various`
  - Other versions: affected
- Vendor: AMD. Product: Ryzen™ 7000 Series Processors with Radeon™ Graphics.
  - affected: `various`
  - Other versions: affected
- Vendor: AMD. Product: Ryzen™ 6000 Series Processors with Radeon™ Graphics.
  - affected: `various`
  - Other versions: affected
- Vendor: AMD. Product: Ryzen™ 7035 Series Processors with Radeon™ Graphics.
  - affected: `various`
  - 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

- 7.8 High, CVSS 3.1: `CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`, from ADP (CISA-ADP)

- **CISA KEV:** Not listed.
- **EPSS:** 0.0046, the 40th percentile, on 5 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 17 Oct 2023. New records show when each source confirmed them.

## Sources

- [CVE List: CVE-2023-20598](https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-20598)
- [NVD: CVE-2023-20598](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-20598)

### References from the CNA

- <https://www.amd.com/en/corporate/product-security/bulletin/AMD-SB-6009> (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.

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