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CVE-2021-40327
- Severity: medium (CVSS 5.9 v3.1)
- Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
- EPSS: 1.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
- Public exploit or detection template: none known
- Published: 2022-01-13 · updated 2026-06-17
- Weakness: CWE-862
Description
Trusted Firmware-M (TF-M) 1.4.0, when Profile Small is used, has incorrect access control. NSPE can access a secure key (held by the Crypto service) based solely on knowledge of its key ID. For example, there is no authorization check associated with the relationship between a caller and a key owner.
Affected products
References
- https://developer.arm.com/support/arm-security-updates
- https://git.trustedfirmware.org/TF-M/trusted-firmware-m.git/
- https://tf-m-user-guide.trustedfirmware.org/docs/security/security_advisories/profile_small_key_id_encoding_vulnerability.html
- https://developer.arm.com/support/arm-security-updates
- https://git.trustedfirmware.org/TF-M/trusted-firmware-m.git/
- https://tf-m-user-guide.trustedfirmware.org/docs/security/security_advisories/profile_small_key_id_encoding_vulnerability.html
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