Code-execution flaw in UEFI firmware affects most servers on planet Earth
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Code-execution flaw in UEFI firmware affects most servers on planet Earth was first seen on Lobsters · Hottest on Oct 28, 2026. Since then it has appeared in 70 checks on 4 different days. Its best position was #5 of 25, reached on Oct 28, 15:49 UTC. It dropped off the list after Nov 1, 04:21 UTC. The same link also trended on Hacker News, which raises its cross-platform score.
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I don't trust anything that runs before the kernel loads, which is why I *always* disable ethernet interface intialization in the BIOS, or use non-motherboard ethernet cards, or both. I also don't use IPMI because it's horribly insecure by itself and requires a whole separate network, and because Supermicro doesn't…
> The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2026-97631, is a memory-corruption flaw in an ICMP component that attackers can exploit to execute malicious code that runs before the operating system and firmware can implement defenses like Secure Boot, which establishes a chain of trust for all code, including the Trusted…
I dream of a time when I will be able to just dd vmlinuz to /dev/bios_flash or some such ... all of these platform firmwares are becoming a burden and a liability.
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Is Code-execution flaw in UEFI firmware affects most servers on planet Earth trending on Lobsters right now?
Not at the moment. It was last on the list on Nov 1, 04:21 UTC, after 4 days of trending.
What is the highest rank Code-execution flaw in UEFI firmware affects most servers on planet Earth reached?
#5 on Lobsters · Hottest, on Oct 28, 15:49 UTC. Trendoday checks this list every 30 minutes.
How long has Code-execution flaw in UEFI firmware affects most servers on planet Earth been trending?
It was first seen on Oct 28, 2026 and has been on the list on 4 days (70 checks) since.