fkie_cve-2023-48733
Vulnerability from fkie_nvd
Published
2024-02-14 22:15
Modified
2025-08-26 17:19
Summary
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.
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
canonical lxd 5.0
canonical lxd 5.21
canonical lxd 5.21
tianocore edk2 *
debian debian_linux 10.0



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