Clevo UEFI firmware exposed Boot Guard private keys, enabling potential abuse of the Boot Guard trust chain
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Physical
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · High
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CISA ADP. Fix status from CNA.
Summary
Clevo’s UEFI firmware update packages, including B10717.exe, inadvertently contained private signing keys used for Boot Guard and Boot Policy Manifest verification. The exposure of these keys could allow attackers to sign malicious firmware that appears trusted by affected systems, undermining the integrity of the early boot process.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Total
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2025-11577
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-pr99-8qv3-wr9x
References
More Clevo vulnerabilities
- TI-2023-30267 HotKey Clipboard 2.1.0.6 - Privilege Escalation Unquoted Service Path CVSS 4.0HIGH 8.5
Sources
- CVE-2025-11577 · CVE Program
- CVE-2025-11577 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-pr99-8qv3-wr9x · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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