Medium [CVE-2026-41097] Secure Boot Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability
This medium-severity Microsoft Server advisory covers CVE-2026-41097 affecting Windows Server 2019 (Server Core installation), Windows Server 2022, 23H2 Edition (Server Core installation), Windows Server 2025 (Server Core installation).
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Summary
Reliance on a component that is not updateable in Windows Secure Boot allows an authorized attacker to bypass a security feature locally.
Affected products named by the advisory: Windows Server 2019; Windows Server 2019 (Server Core installation); Windows Server 2022; Windows Server 2022, 23H2 Edition (Server Core installation); and 2 more.
Affected products named by the advisory: Windows Server 2025 (Server Core installation).
- Windows 10 Version 1809 10.0.17763.0 before 10.0.17763.8755
- Windows 10 Version 21H2 10.0.19044.0 before 10.0.19044.7291
- Windows 10 Version 22H2 10.0.19045.0 before 10.0.19045.7417
- Windows 11 version 23H2 10.0.22631.0 before 10.0.22631.7079
- Windows 11 Version 23H2 10.0.22631.0 before 10.0.22631.7219
- Windows 11 Version 24H2 10.0.26100.0 before 10.0.26100.8457
- Windows 11 Version 25H2 10.0.26200.0 before 10.0.26200.8457
- Windows 11 version 26H1 10.0.28000.0 before 10.0.28000.2113
- Windows Server 2019 10.0.17763.0 before 10.0.17763.8755
- Windows Server 2019 (Server Core installation) 10.0.17763.0 before 10.0.17763.8755
- Windows Server 2022 10.0.20348.0 before 10.0.20348.5139
- Windows Server 2022, 23H2 Edition (Server Core installation) 10.0.25398.0 before 10.0.25398.2330
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- 10.0.17763.8755
- 10.0.19044.7291
- 10.0.19045.7417
- 10.0.22631.7079
- 10.0.22631.7219
- 10.0.26100.8457
- 10.0.26200.8457
- 10.0.28000.2113
- 10.0.20348.5139
- 10.0.25398.2330
- 10.0.26100.32860
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Mitigation
Upgrade to a fixed release: 10.0.17763.8755, 10.0.19044.7291, 10.0.19045.7417, 10.0.22631.7079, 10.0.22631.7219, 10.0.26100.8457. That is the remediation for this advisory.
The vendor advisory may list additional interim mitigations or workarounds not captured here — review it before change work.
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