CVE-2025-1118
Grub2: commands/dump: the dump command is not in lockdown when secure boot is enabled
MEDIUM 4.4
At a glance
- Source
- NVD
- EPSS
- EPSS 0.32 % · percentile 25 ()
- State
- PUBLISHED
- Published
- Updated
- Assigner
- redhat
- NVD status
- Deferred
Description
A flaw was found in grub2. Grub's dump command is not blocked when grub is in lockdown mode, which allows the user to read any memory information, and an attacker may leverage this in order to extract signatures, salts, and other sensitive information from the memory.
Weaknesses (CWE)
- CWE-501 — Trust Boundary Violation
References
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:16154
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-1118
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2346137
- https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/grub.git/commit/?id=34824806ac6302f91e8cabaa41308eaced25725f
- https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/grub-devel/2025-02/msg00024.html
Scores
| Version | Score | Vector | Scored by |
|---|---|---|---|
| CVSS 3.1 | MEDIUM 4.4 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N | redhat |
| CVSS 3.1 | MEDIUM 4.4 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N | NVD · secalert@redhat.com (Secondary) |
European references
- ENISA EUVD · EUVD-2025-4667
- GCVE · GCVE-0-2025-1118
CERT-FR advisories
- CERTFR-2026-AVI-0326 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans les produits VMware · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTFR-2026-AVI-0316 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans les produits VMware · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
Affected products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
| grub2 | affected 0 ≤ 2.12 |
| Red Hat · Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 | unaffected 1:2.12-15.el10_0 < * |
| Red Hat · Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | |
| Red Hat · Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 | |
| Red Hat · Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 | |
| Red Hat · Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4 |
Sources
| Source | Licence |
|---|---|
| CVE List (CVEProject cvelistV5) | CVE Program Terms of Use |
| EPSS (FIRST.org) | FIRST — attribution requested |
| ENISA EUVD | ENISA — reproduction authorised, source acknowledged |
| CERT-FR (ANSSI) | Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0 |
| NVD (NIST) via fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feeds | Public domain — this product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD |