CVE-2023-5342 (GCVE-0-2023-5342)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-08-15 12:06 – Updated: 2025-08-15 12:57
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
Shim: expired secure boot certificate
Summary
The Fedora Secure Boot CA certificate shipped with shim in Fedora was expired which could lead to old or invalid signed boot components being loaded.
Severity
4.1 (Medium)
SSVC
Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2025-08-15 12:56 UTC
CWE
- CWE-324 - Use of a Key Past its Expiration Date
Assigner
References
4 references
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-5342 | vdb-entryx_refsource_REDHAT |
| https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-20… | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2198977 | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2388707 | issue-trackingx_refsource_REDHAT |
Impacted products
5 products
| Vendor | Product | Version | |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Affected:
15.6-2 , < 15.8-2
(rpm)
|
|||
| Red Hat | Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 |
cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:10 |
|
| Red Hat | Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 |
cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7 |
|
| Red Hat | Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 |
cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8 |
|
| Red Hat | Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 |
cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9 |
Date Public
2024-03-14 00:00
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