Sapphire and Gigabyte have begun distributing firmware updates for selected Radeon RX 7000 cards, while AMD says there are no reports of exploitation and has yet to reveal the vulnerability’s details.
AMD has acknowledged that firmware updates are being issued for certain Radeon RX 7000 series graphics cards, after Sapphire and Gigabyte both published vBIOS packages tied to a still-unspecified security issue. In a statement passed on by Sapphire, AMD described the flaw only as a “potential security vulnerability” and said it had no reports of real-world exploitation. The chipmaker also advised users to install any firmware update offered by the card manufacturer.
The episode began when Sapphire placed support downloads for selected Radeon RX 7000 models on its own website, saying the updates were intended to address a security problem found in conjunction with AMD. Gigabyte then referred to the same issue, using the identifier AMD-SN-6023, although the reference did not yet lead to a public advisory on AMD’s site. That left the exact nature of the vulnerability unclear, despite the fact that both vendors had already begun distributing fixes.
Further checks by ComputerBase found no comparable update notices from Asus, PowerColor or XFX, suggesting that the firmware releases are, at least for now, limited to Sapphire and Gigabyte. Sapphire has also published a PDF guide for the update process, and members of the ComputerBase community reported that the flash procedure completed without difficulty, provided the latest Radeon driver was already installed.
The limited scope of the rollout, combined with AMD’s wording, suggests the company is still preparing a wider disclosure. For now, the practical advice is straightforward: owners of affected Radeon RX 7000 cards should follow their board partner’s instructions and update the vBIOS if a package is available for their model. The absence of any known exploitation may reduce immediate concern, but firmware fixes of this kind are best treated as preventative rather than optional.
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