CVE-2023-4001
Full vulnerability record from the local CVENow database.
Description
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.
Severity
MEDIUM
CVSS score
6.8
(v3.1)
Vulnerability status
Modified
Source identifier
Published
2024-01-15 11:15:08.270000
Last modified
2026-11-07 12:17:36.143000
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