Researchers attack AMD's Infinity Fabric to bypass hardware security protections with 'Fabricked' — flaw lets malicious cloud hosts silently read confidential VM memory and forge attestation reports
Researchers at ETH Zurich have revealed a vulnerability in AMD's Infinity Fabric that compromises hardware security protections. This flaw, known as 'Fabricked', allows malicious cloud hosts to access confidential virtual machine memory and manipulate attestation reports. The exploit operates without requiring physical access or code execution within the victim VM.
- ▪The vulnerability undermines AMD SEV-SNP confidential computing protections on EPYC platforms.
- ▪Fabricked exploits flaws in memory routing during boot, enabling unauthorized access to protected VM memory.
- ▪The exploit has a 100% success rate and does not require physical access to the victim's environment.
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PC Components Researchers attack AMD's Infinity Fabric to bypass hardware security protections with 'Fabricked' — flaw lets malicious cloud hosts silently read confidential VM memory and forge attestation reports News By Etiido Uko published 19 May 2026 Confidential computing protections can reportedly be broken before they even finish initializing When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. (Image credit: AMD) Copy link Facebook X Whatsapp Reddit Pinterest Flipboard Email Share this article 0 Join the conversation Follow us Add us as a preferred source on Google Newsletter Subscribe to our newsletter Researchers at ETH Zurich disclosed a software-only vulnerability in April that silently undermines AMD SEV-SNP confidential…
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