CVE-2024-23301

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    CVE-2024-23301

    Published: 12 Jan 2024Last Modified: 12 Aug 2026

    Summary:

    Details: 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.

    References: https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/12/msg00011.html, https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/7JIN57LUPBI2GDJOK3PYXNHJTZT3AQTZ/, https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/UHKMPXJNXEJJE6EVYE5HM7EKEJFQMBN7/, https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2024/23xxx/CVE-2024-23301.json, https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/7JIN57LUPBI2GDJOK3PYXNHJTZT3AQTZ/, https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/UHKMPXJNXEJJE6EVYE5HM7EKEJFQMBN7/, https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-23301, https://github.com/rear/rear/issues/3122, https://github.com/rear/rear/pull/3123, https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/02/msg00003.html

    Affected packages

    Package

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    Affected ranges

    Type: GIT

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -91e671557b4edd0b750582fc4b0b14f0588dc0e9

    Affected versions

    rear-2.6

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
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    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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