grub2 allows bypassing TPM-bound disk encryption on SL(E)M encrypted Images
Priority LOW 33CWE-276Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Physical
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Attack requirements
- None
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · High
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 4.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA.
Summary
grub2 allowed attackers with access to the grub shell to access files on the encrypted disks.
Why it matters now
Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00323 25th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed openSUSE Tumbleweed (SUSE): 2.12-28.1
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Total
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
Remediation
- Fix · CNA openSUSE Tumbleweed (SUSE) Fixed in 2.12-28.1
Vendor assessments
Red Hat
Red Hat rating: Important. Red Hat's page for this CVE →
Not affected: 4 products
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9
- Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2024-49504
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-46pf-6w9r-96r9
- 2026-10-23 Affected versions changed · Red Hat
- 2026-10-23 CVSS score added · Red Hat
References
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Sources
- CVE-2024-49504 · CVE Program
- CVE-2024-49504 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-46pf-6w9r-96r9 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2024-49504 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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