VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2024-23301
This allows local attackers to gain access to system secrets otherwise only readable by root.
MEDIUM 5.5EPSS 0.29%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.29%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
Relax-and-Recover (aka ReaR) through 2.7 creates a world-readable initrd when using GRUB_RESCUE=y. This allows local attackers to gain access to system secrets otherwise only readable by root.
- CVSS 3.1
- 5.5 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- EPSS
- 0.29% probability · 22th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-276
- Affected
- relax-and-recover/relax-and-recover · suse/linux enterprise · redhat/enterprise linux · fedoraproject/fedora
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- https://github.com/rear/rear/issues/3122Exploit, Issue Tracking, Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://github.com/rear/rear/pull/3123Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/02/msg00003.html
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/7JIN57LUPBI2GDJOK3PYXNHJTZT3AQTZ/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/UHKMPXJNXEJJE6EVYE5HM7EKEJFQMBN7/
- https://github.com/rear/rear/issues/3122Exploit, Issue Tracking, Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://github.com/rear/rear/pull/3123Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/02/msg00003.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/12/msg00011.html
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/7JIN57LUPBI2GDJOK3PYXNHJTZT3AQTZ/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/UHKMPXJNXEJJE6EVYE5HM7EKEJFQMBN7/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/7JIN57LUPBI2GDJOK3PYXNHJTZT3AQTZ/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/UHKMPXJNXEJJE6EVYE5HM7EKEJFQMBN7/
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.