CVE-2024-28956 The advisory has been revoked - it doesn't affect any version of package microcode-ctl  (opens in a new tab)


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  • Snyk IDSNYK-CENTOS8-MICROCODECTL-10166227
  • published14 May 2025
  • disclosed13 May 2025

Introduced: 13 May 2025

CVE-2024-28956  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-1421  (opens in a new tab)

Amendment

The Centos security team deemed this advisory irrelevant for Centos:8.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream microcode-ctl package and not the microcode-ctl package as distributed by Centos.

Exposure of Sensitive Information in Shared Microarchitectural Structures during Transient Execution for some Intel(R) Processors may allow an authenticated user to potentially enable information disclosure via local access.