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New DDRop Attack Breaks Intel TDX and AMD SEV-SNP Confidential Computing

DDRop uses a sub-$200 DDR5 interposer to drop memory writes, breaking Intel TDX and AMD SEV-SNP confidentiality guarantees.

Researchers at KU Leuven, ETH Zurich, Durham University, and Google will present DDRop at ACM CCS 2026, a first active interposer attack on DDR5 that silently drops memory writes so processors keep reading stale encrypted data, exploiting the missing freshness guarantee in Intel TDX, Intel Scalable SGX, and AMD SEV-SNP. On Intel TDX's default logical integrity mode it enabled reading victim VM memory, toggling debug mode, and forging remote attestation; AMD SEV-SNP was limited to copying pages between VMs. TDX's stronger cryptographic integrity blocks cross-VM attacks but likely not attestation forgery. The team will release board designs, firmware, and attack code on GitHub; no evidence of real-world use exists and no simple patch is available.

The Hacker Newsupdated · 20h agofirst · 1d agoResearch 2 sources

ZDI-26-531: SonicWall GMS Virtual Appliance interface Command Injection Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

ZDI discloses CVE-2026-66148, a command injection local privilege escalation in SonicWall GMS Virtual Appliance rated CVSS 7.8.

ZDI-26-531 describes a command injection vulnerability in the SonicWall GMS Virtual Appliance interface that allows local attackers to escalate privileges. Exploitation requires the attacker to first execute low-privileged code on the target system. ZDI assigned a CVSS score of 7.8, tracked as CVE-2026-66148.

ZDI Published Advisories · Aug 11, 2026VulnerabilityCVE-2026-66148