Sapphire Releases vBIOS Security Update for Radeon RX 7000 Series

Sapphire has released a vBIOS security update for its AMD Radeon RX 7000 series graphics cards, covering models from the RX 7600 through the RX 7900 XTX. The update is available immediately for affected Sapphire products. The update applies to eight Sapphire Radeon models, including the RX 7600, RX 7600 XT, RX 7650 GRE, RX 7700 XT, RX 7800 XT, RX 7900 GRE, RX 7900 XT, and RX 7900 XTX. No other graphics card vendors have announced similar updates yet. Users have expressed caution about updating GPU firmware, though editors note the process is standard and unlikely to brick hardware. AMD has not yet published a specific CVE identifier for this security issue.