ASRock Ships Security Firmware for Ten Radeon Cards
The vBIOS update closes the AMD-SN-6023 issue on RDNA 3 RX 7000 models that are already shipping.
Updated on Nov. 2, 2026 in Semiconductors
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ASRock has released vBIOS firmware updates for ten RDNA 3-based Radeon RX 7000 series graphics cards, addressing the AMD-SN-6023 security issue. The update is a shipped firmware release that users download directly from ASRock's support page.
Why it matters
The fix follows earlier vBIOS updates from Sapphire and GIGABYTE, showing AMD's board partners rolling out the same security correction across their own RX 7000 cards. Firmware-level patches like this are how hardware-rooted security issues get closed after a GPU has already shipped.
ASRock's update covers ten RDNA 3-powered Radeon RX 7000 cards, applied through its ASRVBFlash tool on Windows. The exploit itself is not described in the source, and no reports of its use by attackers have been recorded.
The players
ASRock
ASRock is a Taiwanese motherboard and graphics card maker that builds Radeon RX 7000 series boards on AMD's RDNA 3 architecture.
AMD
AMD designs the RDNA 3 GPU architecture and the Radeon RX 7000 series that its board partners such as ASRock, Sapphire, and GIGABYTE manufacture.
Sapphire
Sapphire is a major AMD board partner that manufactures Radeon GPUs and released its own vBIOS update for the RX 7000 series alongside AMD.
The details
A vBIOS, or video BIOS, is the low-level firmware stored on a graphics card that initializes the GPU when a system boots. ASRock's update replaces that firmware on ten RDNA 3 Radeon RX 7000 models, and users apply it with ASRock's ASRVBFlash utility on Windows. ASRock's vBIOS tool carries a disclaimer advising users not to flash a card that is already running normally, and the company states it is not liable for any damage.
Timeline
Earlier in November 2026: Sapphire and GIGABYTE issued their own vBIOS updates for Radeon RX 7000 series cards.
Week of November 2, 2026: ASRock released vBIOS updates for ten RDNA 3 graphics cards.
The Tech Race
AMD's RDNA 3 Radeon RX 7000 series is receiving a coordinated firmware correction across multiple board partners, with Sapphire and GIGABYTE moving first and ASRock following. The pattern reflects how AMD's partner ecosystem responds to security issues in shipped GPUs by distributing fixes board by board.
Owners of the ten listed ASRock Radeon RX 7000 cards can download the firmware from ASRock's support page and apply it with ASRVBFlash on Windows. ASRock advises against flashing a card that is already running normally, so the update is worth applying only if the card's security fix is needed.
The takeaway
Owners of the affected cards should check whether their model appears on ASRock's list before flashing. Watch for whether further board partners publish AMD-SN-6023 fixes for the remaining RX 7000 models.
Further reading
Follow the broader developments in Semiconductors to see how GPU firmware and security fixes fit into the industry's chip roadmap.
More information
Download the firmware from the ASRock support page for the affected Radeon RX 7000 models.
Source note: This article includes information reported by TweakTown.
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