CVE-2023-40547

Shim: rce in http boot support may lead to secure boot bypass

HIGH
8.3
CVSS Score
Published: January 25, 2024 at 03:54 PM UTC
Updated: June 26, 2026 at 10:16 AM UTC
2 products affected across 1 vendorEnterprise LinuxShim

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Severity
HIGH8.3
Exploit prediction
EPSS 5%
SSVC
No known exploit

Description

A remote code execution vulnerability was found in Shim. The Shim boot support trusts attacker-controlled values when parsing an HTTP response. This flaw allows an attacker to craft a specific malicious HTTP request, leading to a completely controlled out-of-bounds write primitive and complete system compromise. This flaw is only exploitable during the early boot phase, an attacker needs to perform a Man-in-the-Middle or compromise the boot server to be able to exploit this vulnerability successfully.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Vendor states this is fixed in 0:15.8-1.el7 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 0:15.8-2.el8 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 0:15.8-2.el8_2 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 0:15.8-2.el8_4 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 0:15.8-2.el8_6 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 0:15.8-2.el9 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 0:15.8-3.el7 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 0:15.8-3.el9 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 0:15.8-3.el9_2 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 0:15.8-4.el8_9 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 0:15.8-4.el9_3 (unaffected)
v < 15.8
Affected range stops below 15.8, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

References (13)

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCNo known exploitNot automatableTotal impact

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CVSS

8.3HIGHredhat
Attack Vector
ADJACENT_NETWORK
Complexity
HIGH
Privileges
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-787CWE-346

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