CVE-2023-4001
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.
CVSS
- Versión: 3.1
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Puntuación base: 6.8
Probabilidad de explotación (EPSS)
- Probabilidad de explotación en los próximos 30 días: 0.54%
- Percentil entre todas las CVEs puntuadas: 44
- Fecha de la puntuación: 6/10/2026
EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, de FIRST) estima la probabilidad de que una vulnerabilidad sea explotada en 30 días. Complementa a CVSS (impacto) y a CISA KEV (explotación confirmada).
Tecnologías afectadas (3)
CWE
- CWE-290
- CWE-290
Referencias
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:0437
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:0456
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:0468
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-4001
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2224951
- https://dfir.ru/2024/01/15/cve-2023-4001-a-vulnerability-in-the-downstream-grub-boot-manager/
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/01/15/3
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:0437
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:0456
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:0468
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-4001
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2224951
- https://dfir.ru/2024/01/15/cve-2023-4001-a-vulnerability-in-the-downstream-grub-boot-manager/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/3OBADMKHQLJOBA32Q7XPNSYMVHVAFDCB/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/CHLZQ47HM64NDOHMHYO7VIJFYD5ZPPYN/
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20240216-0006/
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