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GHSA-rr4v-xrwq-7rhx

GitHub Security Advisory

⚠ Unreviewed MODERATE Has CVE

Advisory Details

An authentication bypass flaw was found in GRUB due to the way that GRUB uses the UUID of a device to search for the configuration file that contains the password hash for the GRUB password protection feature. An attacker capable of attaching an external drive such as a USB stick containing a file system with a duplicate UUID (the same as in the "/boot/" file system) can bypass the GRUB password protection feature on UEFI systems, which enumerate removable drives before non-removable ones. This issue was introduced in a downstream patch in Red Hat's version of grub2 and does not affect the upstream package.

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Key Information

GHSA ID
GHSA-rr4v-xrwq-7rhx
Published
January 15, 2024 12:30 PM
Last Modified
February 16, 2024 3:30 PM
CVSS Score
5.0 /10
Primary Ecosystem
Unknown
Primary Package
Unknown
GitHub Reviewed
✗ No

Dataset

Last updated: June 18, 2025 6:25 AM

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