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Pre-boot RCE in EDK II PXE driver

Type: advisorySource: Official CVE List1 source record

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.

Announced Source revision 1
Original source ↗

CVE-2026-97631

Primary source · Revision 1

Imported from structured advisory data. Source references identify upstream records or fields; verify affected versions and your deployed configuration.

Security context

Source reference: cve:CVE-2026-97631

EDK2

Source reference: /containers/cna/affected/0/product

Affected versions
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Fixed versions
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Prerequisites
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Structured affected-version data

Original package identities and version rules from this source.

[
  {
    "vendor": "TianoCore",
    "product": "EDK2",
    "versions": [
      {
        "status": "affected",
        "version": "0",
        "versionType": "custom",
        "lessThanOrEqual": "edk2-stable202608"
      }
    ],
    "packageName": "NetworkPkg",
    "defaultStatus": "unaffected"
  }
]
Related CVEs
CVE-2026-97631

Source reference: /cveMetadata/cveId

Publisher severity

critical

Source reference: /containers/cna/metrics

Event
#50405 · Revision 1
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