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CVE-2026-6485 (GCVE-0-2026-6485)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-09-09 03:54 – Updated: 2026-09-10 14:30

Title

UEFI BIOS embedded Shell can be used to bypass Secure Boot

Summary

UEFI BIOS embedded Shell could be used to bypass Secure Boot via shell commands or startup scripts.

Severity

8.2 (High)


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

SSVC

Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: total

CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)

Decision recorded 2026-09-10 14:30 UTC

CWE

CWE-489 - Active Debug Code

Assigner

Insyde mitre root

References

1 reference

URL	Tags
https://www.insyde.com/security-pledge/sa-2026004/

Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version	CPE status
Insyde Software	InsydeH2O	Affected: See in the Solution	guessed

Date Public

2026-09-09 03:50

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FKIE_CVE-2026-6485

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2026-09-09 04:19 - Updated: 2026-09-10 15:17

Severity

8.2 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Summary

UEFI BIOS embedded Shell could be used to bypass Secure Boot via shell commands or startup scripts.

References

	URL	Tags
	8338d8cb-57f7-4252-abc0-96fd13e98d21	https://www.insyde.com/security-pledge/sa-2026004/

Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Version

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GHSA-J5PH-5JRP-HF3X

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-09-09 06:31 – Updated: 2026-09-09 06:31

Details

UEFI BIOS embedded Shell could be used to bypass Secure Boot via shell commands or startup scripts.

Severity

8.2 (High)


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

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MSRC_CVE-2026-6485

Vulnerability from csaf_microsoft - Published: 2026-09-11 01:02 - Updated: 2026-09-11 01:02

Summary

UEFI BIOS embedded Shell can be used to bypass Secure Boot

Scope

1 vulnerability in this advisory, including CVE-2026-6485.

CVE-2026-6485

8.2 (High)


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

Known affected: 2 products

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Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.

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CVE-2026-6485 (GCVE-0-2026-6485)

FKIE_CVE-2026-6485

GHSA-J5PH-5JRP-HF3X

MSRC_CVE-2026-6485

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