CVE-2025-2296

Severity CVSS v4.0:

HIGH

Type:

CWE-20 Input Validation

Publication date:

09/12/2025

Last modified:

09/12/2025

Description

EDK2 contains a vulnerability in BIOS where an attacker may cause “ Improper Input Validation” by local access. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could alter control flow in unexpected ways, potentially allowing arbitrary command execution and impacting Confidentiality, Integrity, and Availability.

Impact

Vector 4.0

CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:L/VI:H/VA:L/SC:L/SI:H/SA:L CVSS v4.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 8.40 HIGH
Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:L/VI:H/VA:L/SC:L/SI:H/SA:L

Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Attack Requirements (AT): None
Privileges Required (PR): High
User Interaction (UI): None
Confidentiality (VC): Low
Integrity (VI): High
Availability (VA): Low
Confidentiality (SC): Low
Integrity (SI): High
Availability (SA): Low

Base Score 4.0

8.40

Severity 4.0

HIGH

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

https://github.com/tianocore/edk2/security/advisories/GHSA-6pp6-cm5h-86g5