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bug: Will not run on a i7-7700 intel processor #2241

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Describe the Bug

asdf v0.18.0, v0.17.0 and v0.16.7 do not run on a i7-7700 intel processor. I have confirmed this on 2 different dell laptops with i7-7700 cpus
It generates the error message:
bash: /home/user/bin/asdf: cannot execute binary file: Exec format error
It does run on an intel i7-9700
if the binary from the i7-9700 is copied to an i7-7700 it does not run
in all cases the execute permission has been given to asdf

Steps to Reproduce

download and attempt to run on an intel laptop with an i7-7700 CPU
ensure the execute permission has been given to asdf
run:
asdf --version

Expected Behaviour

to successfully display the version number

Actual Behaviour

Error message:
bash: /home/user/bin/asdf: cannot execute binary file: Exec format error

Environment

Note: this was taken from a machine with an i7-9700 CPU
I cannot run `asdf info` on a machine with a i7-7700 CPU

All machines have Ubuntu 25.10 amd64 fully patched with 32G Ram 

OS:
Linux Magpie 6.17.0-14-generic #14-Ubuntu SMP PREEMPT_DYNAMIC Fri Jan  9 17:01:16 UTC 2026 x86_64 GNU/Linux

SHELL:
GNU bash, version 5.2.37(1)-release (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu)
Copyright (C) 2022 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>

This is free software; you are free to change and redistribute it.
There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.

BASH VERSION:
5.2.37(1)-release

ASDF VERSION:
v0.18.0 (revision 2114f1e)

ASDF INTERNAL VARIABLES:
ASDF_TOOL_VERSIONS_FILENAME=.tool-versions
ASDF_DATA_DIR=/home/cmartin/.asdf
ASDF_CONFIG_FILE=/home/cmartin/.asdfrc

ASDF INSTALLED PLUGINS:
nodejs    https://github.com/asdf-vm/asdf-nodejs.git
          90b8ecaa556916daba983a7b01869a9ea682f285
python    https://github.com/danhper/asdf-python.git
          d4caa7d4832313b4c141ee0ceca4118747147e89
ruby      https://github.com/asdf-vm/asdf-ruby.git
          cfcda017dc57aaf6dff626c94496b5fe094525a1

asdf plugins affected (if relevant)

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