CVE-2025-0624

Grub2: net: out-of-bounds write in grub_net_search_config_file()

HIGH
7.6
CVSS Score
Published: February 19, 2025 at 06:23 PM UTC
Updated: October 13, 2026 at 03:16 AM UTC
2 products affected across 1 vendorEnterprise LinuxOpenShift Container Platform

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Severity
HIGH7.6
Exploit prediction
EPSS 1%
SSVC
No known exploit

Description

A flaw was found in grub2. During the network boot process, when trying to search for the configuration file, grub copies data from a user controlled environment variable into an internal buffer using the grub_strcpy() function. During this step, it fails to consider the environment variable length when allocating the internal buffer, resulting in an out-of-bounds write. If correctly exploited, this issue may result in remote code execution through the same network segment grub is searching for the boot information, which can be used to by-pass secure boot protections.

Affected

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

All versions
Vendor states this is fixed in 10 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 1:2.02-0.87.el7_9.15 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 1:2.02-123.el8_6.18 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 1:2.02-152.el8_8.2 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 1:2.02-162.el8_10 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 1:2.02-87.el8_2.13 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 1:2.02-99.el8_4.12 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 1:2.06-27.el9_0.22 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 1:2.06-61.el9_2.10 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 1:2.06-86.el9_4.2 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 1:2.06-94.el9_5 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 412.86.202503310142-0 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 413.92.202504070146-0 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 414.92.202505141057-0 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 415.92.202504282058-0 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 416.94.202503252048-0 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 417.94.202503241418-0 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 418.94.202504021150-0 (unaffected)

References (20)

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CVSS

7.6HIGHredhat
Attack Vector
ADJACENT_NETWORK
Complexity
HIGH
Privileges
HIGH
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusDEFERRED
CWE
CWE-787

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