EDK2 contains a vulnerability in BIOS where a user may cause “Out-of-bounds Write”, Classic Buffer Overflow, and “Incorrect Calculation of Buffer Size” by remote access. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability can lead to arbitrary code execution. It could also impact Confidentiality, Integrity, and Availability.
History

Fri, 23 Oct 2026 00:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Tianocore
Tianocore edk2
Vendors & Products Tianocore
Tianocore edk2

Thu, 22 Oct 2026 16:45:00 +0000

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Description EDK2 contains a vulnerability in BIOS where a user may cause “Out-of-bounds Write”, Classic Buffer Overflow, and “Incorrect Calculation of Buffer Size” by remote access. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability can lead to arbitrary code execution. It could also impact Confidentiality, Integrity, and Availability.
Title Pre-boot RCE in EDK II PXE driver
Weaknesses CWE-120
CWE-131
CWE-787
References
Metrics cvssV4_0

{'score': 9.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H'}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: TianoCore

Published: 2026-10-22T16:32:27.619Z

Updated: 2026-10-22T16:37:13.437Z

Reserved: 2026-09-24T16:56:45.359Z

Link: CVE-2026-97631

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2026-10-22T17:17:02.027

Modified: 2026-10-22T17:40:46.877

Link: CVE-2026-97631

cve-icon Redhat

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