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Fencer Vulns
low 2.6

CVE-2022-3675 json

Fedora CoreOS supports setting a GRUB bootloader password using a Butane config.

published 2022-11-03 4 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2022-43034

cvss
2.6
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.2%
EPSS 0.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 8%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Fedora CoreOS supports setting a GRUB bootloader password using a Butane config. When this feature is enabled, GRUB requires a password to access the GRUB command-line, modify kernel command-line arguments, or boot non-default OSTree deployments. Recent Fedora CoreOS releases have a misconfiguration which allows booting non-default OSTree deployments without entering a password. This allows someone with access to the GRUB menu to boot into an older version of Fedora CoreOS, reverting any security fixes that have recently been applied to the machine. A password is still required to modify kernel command-line arguments and to access the GRUB command line.

Patch / fix

  • Fedora Project CoreOS next 37.20221031.1.0, stable 36.20221014.3.0, testing 36.20221030.2.0

CISA SSVC

Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
partial
Assessed
18 mo ago

Exploit prediction

0.18% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 8% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 3.1 2.6 CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:N
NVD 3.1 5.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Affected products

  • Fedora Project CoreOS

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-20 Improper Input Validation
  • CWE-306 Missing Authentication for Critical Functionality

References

Sources

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