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VU#738147: Vendor-signed UEFI Shell applications allow Secure Boot bypass

Overview Vendor-signed UEFI Shell applications may allow an attacker to bypass Secure Boot protections by abusing commands such as mm (Memory Modify). On systems that trust the affected vendor’s certificate or include the application’s Authenticode hash in the UEFI Authorized Signature Database (DB), an attacker with sufficient access could use the application’s direct memory-access capabilities t

Reference details

Source category
Government
Report title
VU#738147: Vendor-signed UEFI Shell applications allow Secure Boot bypass
First reported
Sep 22, 2026 18:13 UTC
Last reported
Sep 22, 2026 18:13 UTC
Catalog updated
Oct 08, 2026 03:42 UTC
Record ID
466bb0814b073bead381ec6c159f1f46e2c3f04d0157f85dab28cd619f3e77a9

Published indicators

Network indicators are visibly defanged. This page does not make them clickable or send them to another service.

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Source observations

src_cd638cf167c7c119d6

Source-provided label
Not reported
Evidence class
mentioned in report
Confidence
Not reported
Observed
Sep 22, 2026 18:13 UTC
Retrieved
Oct 08, 2026 03:42 UTC

This record contains metadata and attribution only. It does not host, download, unpack, render, or execute malware samples.

Feed collection status

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

Review source update dates and status
  • src_cd638cf167c7c119d6Collection status unverifiedLast successful batch: Unverified

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