Boot failure with message: "The system detected an exception during the UEFI pre-boot environment"

Solution In Progress - Updated -

Issue

  • Boot failure with message: "The system detected an exception during the UEFI pre-boot environment"
  • RSoD (Red Screen of Death) on boot with updated grub shim

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
  • shim versions: 15-7.el7_8 & 15-8.el7_8
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
  • shim version 15-14.el8_2 & 15-15.el8_2

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