CVE-2022-3675

MEDIUM
5.5
CVSS Score
Published: November 3, 2022 at 05:25 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 04:59 AM UTC
2 products affected across 2 vendorsFedora CoreosCoreOS

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Severity
MEDIUM5.5
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.2%
SSVC
No known exploit

Description

Fedora CoreOS supports setting a GRUB bootloader password using a Butane config. When this feature is enabled, GRUB requires a password to access the GRUB command-line, modify kernel command-line arguments, or boot non-default OSTree deployments. Recent Fedora CoreOS releases have a misconfiguration which allows booting non-default OSTree deployments without entering a password. This allows someone with access to the GRUB menu to boot into an older version of Fedora CoreOS, reverting any security fixes that have recently been applied to the machine. A password is still required to modify kernel command-line arguments and to access the GRUB command line.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

36.20220820.3.0 ≤ v < 37.20221031.1.0
Affected range stops below 37.20221031.1.0, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
36.20220820.3.0 ≤ v < stable 36.20221014.3.036.20220906.1.0 ≤ v < next 37.20221031.1.036.20220906.2.0 ≤ v < testing 36.20221030.2.0
Affected range stops below next 37.20221031.1.0, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below stable 36.20221014.3.0, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below testing 36.20221030.2.0, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCNo known exploitNot automatablePartial impact

SSVC signals action urgency (what to patch first), separate from CVSS which measures severity.

CVSS

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
NONE
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
NONE
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-20CWE-306

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