Vulnerability in Gnu Grub2

CVE-2023-4001

An authentication bypass flaw was found in GRUB due to the way that GRUB uses the UUID of a device to search for the configuration file that contains the password hash for the GRUB password protection feature. An attacker capable of attach…

EPSS: 0.005 (42.0th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.8 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2023-4001?
CVE-2023-4001 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Gnu Grub2, classified under Authentication Bypass by Spoofing. CVSS score: 6.8/10. Published 2024-01-15.
How severe is CVE-2023-4001?
Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.8 out of 10.
Is CVE-2023-4001 known to be exploited?
1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.