Grub2 Password Protection improper authentication

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability described as critical has been identified in Grub2. This affects an unknown function of the component Password Protection. Such manipulation leads to improper authentication. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2023-4001. There is not any exploit available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Grub2 (unknown version). Affected by this issue is an unknown code block of the component Password Protection. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a improper authentication vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-287. When an actor claims to have a given identity, the product does not prove or insufficiently proves that the claim is correct. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

The weakness was released 01/10/2024. The advisory is available at bugzilla.redhat.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2023-4001 since 07/28/2023. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 292734 (MiracleLinux 9 : grub2-2.06-70.el9_3.2.ML.1 (AXSA:2024-7491:01)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (292734) and EUVD (EUVD-2023-53896). If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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CPE 2.3info

CPE 2.2info

CVSSv4info

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CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 6.6
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.6

VulDB Base Score: 6.3
VulDB Temp Score: 6.3
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NVD Base Score: 6.8
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CNA Base Score: 6.8
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Improper authentication
CWE: CWE-287
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Physical: Yes
Local: Partially
Remote: Partially

Availability: 🔍
Status: Not defined

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Nessus ID: 292734
Nessus Name: MiracleLinux 9 : grub2-2.06-70.el9_3.2.ML.1 (AXSA:2024-7491:01)

Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: no mitigation known
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Timelineinfo

07/28/2023 🔍
01/10/2024 +166 days 🔍
01/10/2024 +0 days 🔍
01/21/2026 +742 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: bugzilla.redhat.com
Status: Not defined
Confirmation: 🔍

CVE: CVE-2023-4001 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2023-4001
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-250346
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Entryinfo

Created: 01/10/2024 22:59
Updated: 01/21/2026 07:41
Changes: 01/10/2024 22:59 (36), 01/30/2024 06:55 (1), 09/17/2024 00:34 (36), 08/30/2025 10:39 (1), 01/21/2026 07:41 (2)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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