CVE-2026-89172
What it is
Improper protection of physical side channels vulnerability in Microchip AN1044, Microchip AN953, and Microchip SW300052. This issue affects AN1044: through A; AN953: through A; SW300052: through 2.6.
At a glance
- Exploitability
- Can be exploited with physical access without logging in. High risk of data exposure.
- Exploit odds
- 0.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS).
- Fix
- No patch or advisory is linked yet. Look at mitigations or restrict exposure.
Timeline
- PublishedDisclosed publicly on CVE.org and NVD
- Last updatedMost recent change to the record
Why it ranks here
- Exploited in the wild: no, CISA does not list it.
- Exploit odds: 0.2% in the next 30 days (EPSS).
- Severity: 5.6 MEDIUM (CVSS).
- Fix: none linked yet, which raises it.
Details
- Published
- Last modified
- Exploit probability
- 0.2% · EPSS, next 30 days
- Weakness
- CWE-1300
- Record status
- Awaiting Analysis
Attack profile CVSS 4.0 · 5.6
- Attack vector
- Physical
- Complexity
- High
- Attack requirements
- Present
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- None
Raw vector
CVSS:4.0/AV:P/AC:H/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:H/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
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References
- https://www.microchip.com/en-us/application-notes/an1044
- https://www.microchip.com/en-us/application-notes/an953
- https://www.microchip.com/en-us/development-tool/sw300052
- https://www.microchip.com/en-us/solutions/technologies/embedded-security/how-to-report-potential-product-security-vulnerabilities/side-channel-attack-an1044-an953-sw300052-cryptographic-algorithms