CVE-2023-4001

Grub2: bypass the grub password protection feature

Published Jan 15, 2024 CVSS 3.1 · 6.8 Medium EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
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.

Remediation

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Advisories

Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2023-53896 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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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
redhat
Published
Updated
Nov 7, 2026, 11:32 AM
Reserved
Jul 28, 2023, 8:57 PM
Status
Modified
Published
Jan 15, 2024, 11:15 AM
Modified
Nov 7, 2026, 12:17 PM
Severity
Moderate
Public date
Jan 9, 2024, 12:00 AM