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LIN1021-7263 : Security Advisory - ovmf - CVE-2023-48733

Created: Feb 18, 2024    Updated: Jan 26, 2026
Resolved Date: Jan 14, 2026
Found In Version: 10.21.20.1
Severity: Standard
Applicable for: Wind River Linux LTS 21
Component/s: Userspace

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.


========Wind River Notice========
Based on discussion - https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/02/14/4

The TianoCore project does not consider this a vulnerability in edk2
as the configuration option to disable the UEFI Shell is available, and
deciding this policy is up to downstream vendors and distributors.


The  CVE-2023-48733 is reported by Ubuntu, and upstream edk2 does not  consider this a vulnerability