Framework Laptop 13 12th Gen Intel® Core™ — BIOS & Drivers

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Latest BIOS & Drivers

BIOS

Updated CSME to 16.1.40.2765v3 Corporate.
Update Microcode to 0x43B.
Added support for Framework Laptop 13 Pro features - Enabled compatibility for the haptic touchpad, touch panel, and 74W battery.
Fixed an issue where the system was unable to boot from partially locked self-encrypting drives (SEDs)
Fixed an issue where the Battery Extender status was reported incorrectly following a reboot, hibernation, or shutdown after the timer had expired.
Enhanced the Power On AC behavior, allowing the feature to work correctly without requiring the system to boot into the Operating System at least once for initialization.
Security Fix: CVE-2025-32008 - Out-of-bounds write in the firmware for the Intel® AMT and Intel® Standard Manageability within Ring 3: User Applications may allow a denial of service. Network adversary with an unauthenticated user combined with a low complexity attack may enable denial of service. This result may potentially occur via network access when attack requirements are not present without special internal knowledge and requires no user interaction. The potential vulnerability may impact the confidentiality (none), integrity (none) and availability (high) of the vulnerable system, resulting in subsequent system confidentiality (none), integrity (none) and availability (low) impacts. (CVSS 8.6)
Security Fix: CVE-2024-24853 - Incorrect behavior order in transition between executive monitor and SMI transfer monitor (STM) in some Intel® Processor may allow a privileged user to potentially enable escalation of privilege via local access. (CVSS 7.2)
Security Fix: CVE-2025-20080 - Null pointer dereference in the firmware for some Intel(R) AMT and Intel(R) Standard Manageability within Ring 0: Kernel may allow a denial of service. Network adversary with an unauthenticated user combined with a high complexity attack may enable denial of service. This result may potentially occur via network access when attack requirements are present without special internal knowledge and requires no user interaction. The potential vulnerability may impact the confidentiality (none), integrity (none) and availability (high) of the vulnerable system, resulting in subsequent system confidentiality (none), integrity (none) and availability (none) impacts. (CVSS 6.8)
Security Fix: CVE-2025-27708 - Out-of-bounds read in the firmware for some Intel(R) Converged Security and Management Engine (CSME) Firmware (FW) within Ring 0: Kernel may allow an information disclosure. System software adversary with a privileged user combined with a low complexity attack may enable data exposure. This result may potentially occur via local access when attack requirements are present without special internal knowledge and requires no user interaction. The potential vulnerability may impact the confidentiality (high), integrity (none) and availability (none) of the vulnerable system, resulting in subsequent system confidentiality (none), integrity (none) and availability (none) impacts. (CVSS 4.1)
Security Fix: CVE-2025-31648 - Improper handling of values in the microcode flow for some Intel(R) Processor Family may allow an escalation of privilege. Startup code and smm adversary with a privileged user combined with a high complexity attack may enable escalation of privilege. This result may potentially occur via local access when attack requirements are present with special internal knowledge and requires no user interaction. The potential vulnerability may impact the confidentiality (low), integrity (low) and availability (none) of the vulnerable system, resulting in subsequent system confidentiality (low), integrity (low) and availability (none) impacts. (CVSS 3.9)

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Drivers

File Release Date

Windows Driver Bundle v3.05 2026-05-12 Framework_Laptop_13_12th_and_13th_Gen_Intel_Core_driver_bundle_W11_v3.05_2026_05_12.exe SHA256 · 8E89972B38BF9EA980789F121F47A613EA46045FF13CA5040C9E761FE91C9947

Wi-Fi Driver for use during Windows Installation 2026-06-18 Framework_W11_OOBE_Wifi_Driver_Package.zip SHA256 · 13d7286531f7fc354bf345ea6f465c76cbba79f783a44b45d4803743022b574a

Previous BIOS Releases

Added Framework's dbx key and updated the default CA of Windows Secure Boot to Microsoft UEFI CA 2023
Introduced Battery Charge Limiting status functionality to support the Windows Smart Charging feature
Fixed an issue where hardware encryption on OPAL drives could cause a missing boot drive on subsequent reboots
Fixed the Wooting 80HE Keyboard not working in the BIOS

Installation instructions

Security fix: CVE-2025-20109 — Improper isolation in Intel Processors stream cache mechanism may allow escalation of privilege via local access (CVSS 7.8)
Security fix: CVE-2025-20054 — Potential security vulnerabilities in Intel Processors may allow denial of service (CVSS 6.5)
Security fix: CVE-2024-45332 — Potential security vulnerability in Intel Processor stream cache mechanisms may allow escalation of privilege (CVSS 5.6)
Updated Microcode to 0x437
Reverted fan set points to prevent the CPU from throttling to 400MHz

Installation instructions

Security fix: CVE-2023-45230 — Dhcp6SendRequestMsg does not validate the Server ID option (CVSS 8.3)
Security fix: CVE-2023-45234 — PxeBcHandleDhcp6Offer does not validate the DHCPv6 offers (CVSS 8.3)
Security fix: CVE-2023-45232 — DXE memory corruption vulnerability (CVSS 7.5)
Security fix: CVE-2023-45233 — DXE memory corruption vulnerability (CVSS 7.5)
Security fix: CVE-2024-25078 — Memory corruption vulnerability in StorageSecurityCommandDxe (CVSS 7.4)
Security fix: CVE-2023-38655 — Improper buffer restrictions in firmware (CVSS 6.8)
Security fix: CVE-2024-49200 — Potential DXE memory corruption vulnerability (CVSS 6.4)
Security fix: CVE-2024-30211 — Potential information disclosure, denial of service, or escalation of privilege (CVSS 6.0)
Security fix: CVE-2023-40067 — Unchecked return value in firmware (CVSS 5.7)
Security fix: CVE-2024-21844 — Integer overflow in firmware (CVSS 5.3)
Security fix: CVE-2024-31068 — Potential denial of service vulnerability (CVSS 5.3)
Security fix: CVE-2023-34424 — Improper input validation in firmware (CVSS 4.4)
Security fix: CVE-2023-48361 — Improper initialization in firmware (CVSS 2.3)
Security fix: CVE-2024-26021 — Potential information disclosure, denial of service, or escalation of privilege (CVSS 2.3)
Updated PD firmware to version 0.1.2E to improve system power consumption with low power HDMI/DP expansion cards when no monitor is attached
Updated Intel CSME to 16.1.35.2557v0.1_Corporate
Updated Microcode to 0x436
Added battery lifetime extender functionality
Added USB4 PCR Measurement BIOS option in the Advanced setup menu
Added Dual Display (Panel + External Monitor) support for pre-boot (BIOS/POST)
Fixed retimer updates causing ports to stop working after the update
Fixed retimer capsule update causing the device in standalone mode to reset and fail the update
Fixed the battery extender setting overwriting battery charge limit on boot
Fixed battery charging limit being reset by the battery extender reset timer
Fixed high temperature causing continuous CPU throttling to 400MHz

Installation instructions

Security fix: CVE-2023-45230 — Dhcp6SendRequestMsg does not validate the Server ID option (CVSS 8.3)
Security fix: CVE-2023-45234 — PxeBcHandleDhcp6Offer does not validate the DHCPv6 offers (CVSS 8.3)
Security fix: CVE-2023-45232 — DXE memory corruption vulnerability (CVSS 7.5)
Security fix: CVE-2023-45233 — DXE memory corruption vulnerability (CVSS 7.5)
Security fix: CVE-2024-25078 — Memory corruption vulnerability in StorageSecurityCommandDxe (CVSS 7.4)
Security fix: CVE-2023-38655 — Improper buffer restrictions in firmware (CVSS 6.8)
Security fix: CVE-2023-40067 — Unchecked return value in firmware (CVSS 5.7)
Security fix: CVE-2024-21844 — Integer overflow in firmware (CVSS 5.3)
Security fix: CVE-2023-34424 — Improper input validation in firmware (CVSS 4.4)
Security fix: CVE-2023-48361 — Improper initialization in firmware (CVSS 2.3)
Updated PD firmware to version 0.1.2E to improve system power consumption with low power HDMI/DP expansion cards when no monitor is attached
Updated Intel CSME to 16.1.32.2418v0.2_A0_Corporate
Added battery lifetime extender functionality
Fixed retimer updates causing ports to stop working after the update
Fixed retimer capsule update causing the device in standalone mode to reset and fail the update

Installation instructions

Cannot downgrade to any version below 3.06
Security fix: CVE-2023-40238 — LogoFAIL
Security fix: CVE-2023-22612 — SMM memory corruption
Security fix: CVE-2023-22615 — SMM arbitrary code execution
Security fix: CVE-2023-22614 — SMM memory corruption
Added EC host command to check privacy switch status
Added support for new high capacity 61Wh battery
Updated PD firmware to version v0.1.2C
Updated Intel CSME firmware to 16.1.30.2269v4_A0_Corporate
Updated Intel Microcode to 0x429
Optimized PS2 emulation of touchpad (hybrid HID descriptor)
Adjusted power button behavior: system powers off within 10 seconds of holding the power button
Fixed standalone mode installation
Adjusted critical temperature thresholds to allow the laptop to power on at higher ambient temperatures
Removed critical battery shutdown when adapter is attached, allowing the system to power on when battery is below 2% and charging
Fixed plugging in a USB-A device multiple times would eventually not be recognized anymore
Fixed USB-C device would not reconnect after reboot in some cases
Optimized Windows firmware update process to prevent retimer23 FW upgrade fail in multi-firmware update
Fixed OCP (Overcurrent Protection) on Type-C ports not triggering in some cases
Reduced power consumption when DisplayPort/HDMI Expansion cards are used
Improved Type-C port status reporting via UCSI
Fixed reading charge limit overwrites charge limit
Fixed EC failing to boot when compiled with GCC11
Added ACPI Mutex method in UCSI message in/out process
Fixed race-condition that would cause EC to get stuck in rare circumstances (LFW WDT)

Installation instructions

3.07

Stable

Highlights

Cannot downgrade to any version below 3.06
Added EC host command to check privacy switch status
Added support for new high capacity 61Wh battery
Updated PD firmware to version v0.1.2C
Updated Intel CSME firmware to 16.0.15.1810v5_Corporate
Optimized PS2 emulation of touchpad (hybrid HID descriptor)
Fixed plugging in a USB-A device multiple times would eventually not be recognized anymore
Fixed USB-C device would not reconnect after reboot in some cases
Optimized Windows firmware update process to prevent retimer23 FW upgrade fail in multi-firmware update
Fixed OCP (Overcurrent Protection) on Type-C ports not triggering in some cases
Reduced power consumption when DisplayPort/HDMI Expansion cards are used
Improved Type-C port status reporting via UCSI
Fixed reading charge limit overwrites charge limit
Fixed EC failing to boot when compiled with GCC11
Added ACPI Mutex method in UCSI message in/out process
Fixed race-condition that would cause EC to get stuck in rare circumstances (LFW WDT)

Installation instructions

3.06

Stable

Highlights

Updating to 3.06 prevents downgrading to any version below 3.06; doing so would cause left side ports to stop functioning for any mode except USB2
Security fix: CVE-2022-35893
Security fix: CVE-2022-35894
Security fix: CVE-2022-35895
Security fix: CVE-2022-35896
Security fix: CVE-2022-35897
Security fix: CVE-2022-36337
Security fix: CVE-2022-36338
Security fix: CVE-2022-35408
Security fix: CVE-2022-36448
Added BIOS option in the Advanced menu to enable/disable standalone operation
Modified power button LED behavior: low battery now flashes white instead of red
Updated PD firmware to fix Thunderbolt compliance issues
Added flash flag structure to save boot options when RTC battery is not installed for standalone operation
Updated PD firmware to support new retimer address on left side retimers for updated retimer firmware
Put the retimer in low power mode when the HDMI or DisplayPort expansion card is installed but no display is attached
Fixed BIOS setup item TPM availability help string had missing word
Fixed press F3/F12 hotkey causes system hang if BIOS quiet boot is disabled
Fixed touchpad does not enter P2P mode when EC re-enables PS2 mouse
Fixed touchpad board ID was incorrectly reported if the touchpad was removed

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