Ubuntu Proposes Stripping GRUB Features in 26.10 to Strengthen Secure Boot

Summary

Canonical has proposed removing several GRUB bootloader features in Ubuntu 26.10 to reduce the attack surface associated with Secure Boot. GRUB currently includes numerous parsers for file systems and other components that have been a recurring source of security vulnerabilities. The proposal, posted on the Ubuntu Community Hub Discourse forum, outlines plans to streamline the Secure Boot chain by eliminating features that are rarely used but introduce significant parser complexity. This is a L