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CVE-2026-97631: Pre-boot RCE in EDK II PXE driver

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EDK II PXE driver has a pre-boot Remote Code Execution flaw (CVE-2026-97631) allowing an unauthenticated network attacker to execute code during PXE booting over IPv4 or IPv6.

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Posted by Valtteri Vuorikoski on Oct 28 Ars Technica reported on this yesterday https://arstechnica.com/security/2026/10/code-execution-flaw-in-uefi-firmware-threatens-most-servers-on-planet-earth/ so let s have it here too. Copied from the advisory https://github.com/tianocore/edk2/security/advisories/GHSA-99cj-7hg9-mp4m on the edk2 repo: Summary While a machine is PXE-booting over IPv4 or IPv6, an unauthenticated network attacker who can deliver ICMP error...