MCU Firmware Update Authentication Bypass on Caliptra Core
21Vexday Risk Score
No sign of exploitation. No public exploitation artifact known so far.
ssvc Trackcvss 7.2epss 0.2%
exploitation probability
0.2%top 95% of all CVEs
observed exploitation
nono source reports it
Incorrect check of function return value in Caliptra Core Runtime Firmware (ActivateFirmwareCmd::activate_fw modules) allows bypass of Caliptra Core's verification of the MCU FW during a hitless update.
This issue affects Core Runtime Firmware: from 2.0.0 through 2.0.1, 2.1.0.
CVSS:4.0/AV:A/AC:L/AT:P/PR:H/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H
Affected products
Caliptra · Core Runtime Firmware