AMD CPU users beware - this security flaw could spill all your secrets

Msn • January 18, 2026

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Vulnerability enables RCE, privilege escalation, and theft of private keys in Zen processors; AMD released patch (CVE-2025-29943), rated low ...

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AMD CPU Vulnerability CVE-2025-29943 Affects Zen Processors A security vulnerability in AMD's Zen processors allows for remote code execution, privilege escalation, and theft of private keys. AMD has released a patch for this issue, identified as CVE-2025-29943, which has been rated with a low severity score of 3.2 out of 10. 2 sources 32

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