CVE-2023-5342 (GCVE-0-2023-5342)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2025-08-15 12:06
Modified
2025-08-15 12:57
Severity ?
4.1 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
CWE
  • CWE-324 - Use of a Key Past its Expiration Date
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.
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Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Version: 15.6-2   < 15.8-2
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