CVE-2026-18448
Leak SMM RAM from the kernel (Simply TSA after an SMI)
EDK2 contains a vulnerability in BIOS where a privileged attacker may cause “Exposure of Sensitive Information during Transient Execution” by local access. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in disclosure of SMRAM contents. It could also impact Confidentiality.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Local
- Complexity
- High
- Privileges needed
- High
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used 5.6
Leak SMM RAM from the kernel (Simply TSA after an SMI)
EDK2 contains a vulnerability in BIOS where a privileged attacker may cause “Exposure of Sensitive Information during Transient Execution” by local access. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in disclosure of SMRAM contents. It could also impact Confidentiality.
- Record
CVE-2026-18448- CVSS 4.0
- 5.6 Medium
CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:H/AT:P/PR:H/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N - Weakness
- CWE-1420
- Updated
- 2026-11-10
EUVDEUVD-2026-122789 5.6
EDK2 contains a vulnerability in BIOS where a privileged attacker may cause “Exposure of Sensitive Information during Transient Execution” by local access. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in disclosure of SMRAM contents. It could also impact Confidentiality.
- Record
EUVD-2026-122789- CVSS 4.0
- 5.6 Medium
CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:H/AT:P/PR:H/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N - Updated
- 2026-11-10
NVD 5.6
EDK2 contains a vulnerability in BIOS where a privileged attacker may cause “Exposure of Sensitive Information during Transient Execution” by local access. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in disclosure of SMRAM contents. It could also impact Confidentiality.
- Record
CVE-2026-18448- CVSS 4.0
- 5.6 Medium
CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:H/AT:P/PR:H/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X - Updated
- 2026-11-10
Affected products
History
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| aliases, published | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2026-18448 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.6) in Tianocore Edk2, published November 10, 2026. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.13%, the 2nd percentile. No source names a fixed version.