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Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Feb 14, 2024· Updated May 8, 2025

CVE-2023-48733

CVE-2023-48733

Description

An insecure default to allow UEFI Shell in EDK2 was left enabled in Ubuntu's EDK2. This allows an OS-resident attacker to bypass Secure Boot.

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Affected products

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Tianocore/Edk2llm-fuzzy
osv-coords
pkg:rpm/opensuse/ovmf&distro=openSUSE%20Tumbleweed
Range: < 202308-7.1
Canonical Ltd./Ubuntu EDK IIv5
Range: 0

Patches

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References

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bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/edk2/+bug/2040137mitreissue-tracking
bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/lxd/+bug/2040139mitreissue-tracking
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-48733mitreissue-tracking
www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/02/14/4mitremailing-list
lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/06/msg00028.htmlmitre

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