CVE•Published 2024-01-25•Modified 2026-06-26•1 article on news•6 live references•NVD data
CVE-2023-40547Redhat · Shim
Vulnerability data via NVD (ingested)
CVSS v3.1
8.3
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS percentile
91
Exploit Prediction Scoring System · top 9% of all CVEs
Weaknesses (CWE)
Description
A remote code execution vulnerability was found in Shim. The Shim boot support trusts attacker-controlled values when parsing an HTTP response. This flaw allows an attacker to craft a specific malicious HTTP request, leading to a completely controlled out-of-bounds write primitive and complete system compromise. This flaw is only exploitable during the early boot phase, an attacker needs to perform a Man-in-the-Middle or compromise the boot server to be able to exploit this vulnerability successfully.
Timeline
Published 2024-01-25
Modified 2026-06-26
External references
Search for exposed instances
Shodan + Censys queries derived from NVD's CPE data. The vuln tag catches assets Shodan has explicitly linked to this CVE; the product / banner fingerprints find exposed instances even when the vuln tag was never applied (which is common).
Shodan · vuln tag0 hosts
vuln:CVE-2023-40547Hosts Shodan has explicitly fingerprinted as vulnerable.
Shodan · product
product:"Redhat Shim"All exposed Redhat Shim instances — cross-reference with the CVE's affected-version range.
Shodan · banner/body mention
http.html:"Shim"HTTP body or banner mentions "Shim" — catches deploys Shodan didn't identify as a product.
More intel sources (5)
Shodan report
vuln:CVE-2023-40547Country / ASN / product breakdown for the vuln query.
Censys
vulnerabilities.cve_id: CVE-2023-40547Censys host search filtered to this CVE id.
grep.app
CVE-2023-40547Public source-code mentions — fast PoC discovery.
GitHub code
CVE-2023-40547GitHub code search for direct mentions.
Google dork
"CVE-2023-40547" exploit -site:nvd.nist.govWrite-ups and news, NVD excluded.