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[–] 96 points 2 days ago (8 children)

CVE-2026-97631 doesn’t affect home and small office users, or any other users who boot their devices solely from disk drives. Instead, it applies only to organizations with machines that boot from local networks, or conceivably from Internet-connected resources.

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  • [–] 0 points 2 days ago (2 children)

    So I'm guessing this means the wake on lan "magic packet"??

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  • [–] 6 points 1 day ago

    No, it's a vulnerability with PXE booting, AKA "boot to network". While most hardware has the capability (often used to load the device in the first place), I would question how many are set to use this on a routine basis.

    This sounds like something scary in a lab, but nearly useless in the real world.

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