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grub2: Incorrect permission in grub.cfg allow unprivileged user to read the file content

🗓️ 10 May 2022 13:57:14Reported by RedHatType 
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A grub configuration permissions flaw lets unprivileged users read its content including encrypted passwords.

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nessus
Tenable Nessus		Amazon Linux 2022 : grub2-common, grub2-efi-aa64, grub2-efi-aa64-cdboot (ALAS2022-2022-043)
6 Sep 202200:00
–nessus
nessus
Tenable Nessus		Amazon Linux 2022 : grub2-common, grub2-efi-aa64, grub2-efi-aa64-cdboot (ALAS2022-2022-109)
7 Sep 202200:00
–nessus
nessus
Tenable Nessus		Amazon Linux 2023 : grub2-common, grub2-efi-aa64, grub2-efi-aa64-cdboot (ALAS2023-2023-020)
21 Mar 202300:00
–nessus
nessus
Tenable Nessus		Amazon Linux 2 : grub2 (ALAS-2022-1787)
27 Apr 202200:00
–nessus
nessus
Tenable Nessus		Alibaba Cloud Linux 3 : 0134: grub2, mokutil, shim, and shim-unsigned-x64 (ALINUX3-SA-2022:0134)
14 May 202500:00
–nessus
nessus
Tenable Nessus		AlmaLinux 8 : grub2 (ALSA-2022:2110)
12 May 202200:00
–nessus
nessus
Tenable Nessus		CentOS 8 : grub2 (CESA-2022:2110)
10 May 202200:00
–nessus
nessus
Tenable Nessus		EulerOS 2.0 SP10 : grub2 (EulerOS-SA-2022-1819)
13 Jun 202200:00
–nessus
nessus
Tenable Nessus		EulerOS 2.0 SP10 : grub2 (EulerOS-SA-2022-1828)
13 Jun 202200:00
–nessus
nessus
Tenable Nessus		EulerOS 2.0 SP9 : grub2 (EulerOS-SA-2022-1967)
8 Jul 202200:00
–nessus
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux8noarchgrub2-common1:2.02-123.el8grub2-common-1:2.02-123.el8.noarch.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux8aarch64grub2-debuginfo1:2.02-123.el8grub2-debuginfo-1:2.02-123.el8.aarch64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux8ppc64legrub2-debuginfo1:2.02-123.el8grub2-debuginfo-1:2.02-123.el8.ppc64le.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux8x86_64grub2-debuginfo1:2.02-123.el8grub2-debuginfo-1:2.02-123.el8.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux8aarch64grub2-debugsource1:2.02-123.el8grub2-debugsource-1:2.02-123.el8.aarch64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux8ppc64legrub2-debugsource1:2.02-123.el8grub2-debugsource-1:2.02-123.el8.ppc64le.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux8x86_64grub2-debugsource1:2.02-123.el8grub2-debugsource-1:2.02-123.el8.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux8aarch64grub2-efi-aa641:2.02-123.el8grub2-efi-aa64-1:2.02-123.el8.aarch64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux8aarch64grub2-efi-aa64-cdboot1:2.02-123.el8grub2-efi-aa64-cdboot-1:2.02-123.el8.aarch64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux8noarchgrub2-efi-aa64-modules1:2.02-123.el8grub2-efi-aa64-modules-1:2.02-123.el8.noarch.rpm
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20 Jul 2026 10:43Current
5.8Medium risk
Vulners AI Score5.8
CVSS 22.1
CVSS 3.13.3
EPSS0.00319
CWE-276
grub configurationpermissions flawunprivileged accessread accessencrypted passwords
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