CVE-2023-49721

MEDIUM

LXD 5.0.0-5.20.9 - Insecure Default UEFI Shell Permissions

Title source: llm

An insecure default to allow UEFI Shell in EDK2 was left enabled in LXD. This allows an OS-resident attacker to bypass Secure Boot.

Core 4

Core References

Issue Tracking issue-tracking

Third Party Advisory issue-tracking

Mailing List mailing-list

Issue Tracking issue-tracking

CVSS v3 6.7

EPSS 0.0002

EPSS Percentile 4.0%

Attack Vector LOCAL

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Vulnrichment

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact total

CWE

CWE-276

Status published

Products (2)

canonical/lxd 5.0.0 - 5.21.0

tianocore/edk2 < 2023.11-8

Published Feb 14, 2024

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026