diff --git a/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/profiles/coreos/base/package.accept_keywords b/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/profiles/coreos/base/package.accept_keywords
index 597fbb85b3..4b497b1eda 100644
--- a/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/profiles/coreos/base/package.accept_keywords
+++ b/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/profiles/coreos/base/package.accept_keywords
@@ -109,6 +109,10 @@ dev-util/catalyst ~amd64 ~arm64
 # Upgrade to latest version for secureboot
 =sys-boot/mokutil-0.6.0 ~amd64
 
+# Needed to address CVE-2023-42667, CVE-2023-49141, CVE-2024-24853,
+# CVE-2024-24980, CVE-2024-25939.
+=sys-firmware/intel-microcode-20240813_p20240815 ~amd64
+
 # Keep versions on both arches in sync.
 =sys-fs/zfs-2.2.5 ~arm64
 =sys-fs/zfs-kmod-2.2.5 ~arm64