CVE-2025-4382
Grub2: grub allow access to encrypted device through cli once root device is unlocked via tpm
- State
- Published
- Severity
- 5.9 Medium
- Published
- May 9, 2025
- Updated
- Sep 1, 2026
- Reserved
- May 6, 2025
Description
A flaw was found in systems utilizing LUKS-encrypted disks with GRUB configured for TPM-based auto-decryption. When GRUB is set to automatically decrypt disks using keys stored in the TPM, it reads the decryption key into system memory. If an attacker with physical access can corrupt the underlying filesystem superblock, GRUB will fail to locate a valid filesystem and enter rescue mode. At this point, the disk is already decrypted, and the decryption key remains loaded in system memory. This scenario may allow an attacker with physical access to access the unencrypted data without any further authentication, thereby compromising data confidentiality. Furthermore, the ability to force this state through filesystem corruption also presents a data integrity concern.
Scores
| CVSS | Score | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.1 | 5.9 Medium | CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N | redhat |
Weaknesses
- CWE-306 Missing Authentication for Critical Function
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
grub2 |
|
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10Red Hat | |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Red Hat | |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Red Hat | |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9Red Hat | |
Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4Red Hat | |
Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4Red Hat |
References
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-4382vdb-entry
- RHBZ#2364416issue-tracking
- https://gitweb.git.savannah.gnu.org/gitweb/?p=grub.git;a=blobdiff;f=grub-core/kern/rescue_reader.c;h=a71ada8fb7da2eae6ee7135fe234fb1755ca78b0;hp=4259857ba9eea45446bc40ea13c3de4ab1b88ffd;hb=c448f511e74cb7c776b314fcb7943f98d3f22b6d;hpb=4abac0ad5a7914dd3cdfff08aaac06588bf98d80
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