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.

The Rocky Linux 10.2 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the CIQ crlsa-2026_18465 advisory.

    * edk2: EDK2: Improper Input Validation allows arbitrary command execution (CVE-2025-2296)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the CIQ security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote Oracle Linux 10 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ELSA-2026-18465 advisory.

    - Resolves: RHEL-134956       (CVE-2025-2296 edk2: EDK2: Improper Input Validation allows arbitrary command execution [rhel-10.2])
    - Resolves: RHEL-115880       (CVE-2025-9230 edk2: Out-of-bounds read & write in RFC 3211 KEK Unwrap [rhel-10.2])

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Oracle Linux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote RockyLinux 10 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RLSA-2026:18465 advisory.

    * edk2: EDK2: Improper Input Validation allows arbitrary command execution (CVE-2025-2296)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the RockyLinux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 10 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2026:18465 advisory.

    EDK (Embedded Development Kit) is a project to enable UEFI support for Virtual Machines. This package     contains a sample 64-bit UEFI firmware for QEMU and KVM.

    Security Fix(es):

    * edk2: EDK2: Improper Input Validation allows arbitrary command execution (CVE-2025-2296)

    For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and     other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

    Additional Changes:

    For detailed information on changes in this release, see the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 Release Notes     linked from the References section.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Red Hat Enterprise Linux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ALAS2-2025-3116 advisory.

    EDK2 contains a vulnerability in BIOS where an attacker may cause Exposure of Sensitive Information to an     Unauthorized Actor by local access. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability will lead to possible     information disclosure or escalation of privilege and impact Confidentiality. (CVE-2024-38798)

    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. (CVE-2025-2296)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the tested product security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The version of Tencent Linux installed on the remote TencentOS Server 4 host is prior to tested version. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the TSSA-2025:0967 advisory.

    Package updates are available for TencentOS Server 4 that fix the following vulnerabilities:

    CVE-2025-2296:
    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.

    CVE-2024-38798:
    EDK2 contains a vulnerability in BIOS where an attacker may cause Exposure of Sensitive Information to     an Unauthorized Actor by local access. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability will lead to

    possible information disclosure or escalation of privilege

     and impact Confidentiality.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Tencent Linux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available.

  - 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. (CVE-2025-2296)

Note that Nessus relies on the presence of the package as reported by the vendor.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Type	Severity
355409	Rocky Linux 10.2 [CIQ] Security Update: edk2-aarch64 / edk2-debugsource / edk2-ovmf / edk2-tools / etc (crlsa-2026_18465)	Nessus	Rocky Linux Local Security Checks	Local	high
327009	Oracle Linux 10 : edk2 (ELSA-2026-18465)	Nessus	Oracle Linux Local Security Checks	Local	high
317982	RockyLinux 10 : edk2 (RLSA-2026:18465)	Nessus	Rocky Linux Local Security Checks	Local	high
315436	RHEL 10 : edk2 (RHSA-2026:18465)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	Local	high
281799	Amazon Linux 2 : edk2, --advisory ALAS2-2025-3116 (ALAS-2025-3116)	Nessus	Amazon Linux Local Security Checks	Local	high
279659	TencentOS Server 4: edk2 (TSSA-2025:0967)	Nessus	Tencent Local Security Checks	Local	high
278022	Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2025-2296	Nessus	Misc.	Local	high

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