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Forgotten UEFI shims undermining Secure Boot

ESET researchers discovered 11 vulnerable UEFI shim bootloaders signed by Microsoft that allow attackers to bypass UEFI Secure Boot by exploiting decade-old vulnerabilities

Reference details

Source category
Research & news
Report title
Forgotten UEFI shims undermining Secure Boot
First reported
Jul 14, 2026 08:53 UTC
Last reported
Jul 14, 2026 08:53 UTC
Catalog updated
Oct 08, 2026 03:54 UTC
Record ID
23a2dafc978f2a74bf8abb9acaea70b2855600b31597c2bd9fa91836002b87b7

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Source observations

src_c89c4b58b213548079

Source-provided label
Not reported
Evidence class
mentioned in report
Confidence
Not reported
Observed
Jul 14, 2026 08:53 UTC
Retrieved
Oct 08, 2026 03:54 UTC

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1 sources: 0 stale, 0 needing attention, 0 paused, 1 unverified.

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  • src_c89c4b58b213548079Collection status unverifiedLast successful batch: Unverified

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