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1 vulnerability found for by relax-and-recover
CVE-2024-23301 (GCVE-0-2024-23301)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2024-01-12 00:00
Modified
2025-11-04 22:05
Severity ?
VLAI Severity ?
EPSS score ?
CWE
- n/a
Summary
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.
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