Chipmaker Patch Tuesday: Intel, AMD Fix Over 80 Vulnerabilities Combined

Intel and AMD have jointly disclosed over 80 vulnerabilities spanning processors, WiFi software, development environments, and system utilities, with several rated high or critical severity. These flaws expose organizations to privilege escalation, denial-of-service attacks, and arbitrary code execution at the hardware and firmware level — risks that are exceptionally difficult to detect and remediate after exploitation. Because chipmaker patches require coordinated firmware, driver, and OS-level updates, organizations that lack structured patch management processes are especially vulnerable. The breadth of affected components (Xeon processors, Ryzen utilities, SEV-SNP) underscores how pervasive supply-chain-level hardware vulnerabilities can be. Failing to apply these updates promptly leaves critical infrastructure exposed to attackers who routinely reverse-engineer public patch disclosures to develop exploits.