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.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: fedora

Published: 2022-11-03T17:25:02.823Z

Updated: 2024-08-03T01:14:03.251Z

Reserved: 2022-10-24T06:40:10.332Z

Link: CVE-2022-3675

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2022-11-03T18:15:14.627

Modified: 2023-11-07T03:51:37.787

Link: CVE-2022-3675

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