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CVE-2024-49504· NVD / CVE Program· CNA suse

grub2 allows bypassing TPM-bound disk encryption on SL(E)M encrypted Images

grub2 allowed attackers with access to the grub shell to access files on the encrypted disks.

HighCVSS 7.0 · v4.0—No exploit Fix available
Published
Nov 13, 2024
Updated
Jun 17, 2026
EPSS
0.3% · 23th percentile
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Action score

28

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Low priority for now.

CVSS
28 / 40 · 7.0 / 10
CISA KEV
0 / 30 · Not listed
EPSS
0 / 30 · 0.3%

CISA SSVC decision

Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
total

Vulnrichment: CISA's decision-tree inputs.

CNA vs NVD score

NVD
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CNA · suse
7.0
NVD has not scored this yet; the score shown is the CNA’s.

CVSS:4.0/AV:P/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

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Affected systems

VendorProduct
suseopensuse tumbleweed

Versions reported by the vendor

Affected version ranges reported by the assigning authority (suse). Independent of NVD's CPE analysis and usually ahead of it.

  • SUSE openSUSE Tumbleweed

    • ? and later · before 2.12-28.1affected

Package-level exposure

OSV and GitHub Advisory data: ecosystem, package and range. SBOM matching uses this table.

EcosystemPackageAffected rangeFix
Debian:11grub2all versions—
openSUSE:Tumbleweedgrub2before 2.12-28.12.12-28.1
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP6grub2before 2.12-150600.8.18.22.12-150600.8.18.2
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP6grub2before 2.12-150600.8.18.22.12-150600.8.18.2
SUSE:Linux Micro 6.0grub2before 2.12~rc1-6.12.12~rc1-6.1
SUSE:Linux Micro 6.1grub2before 2.12-slfo.1.1_2.12.12-slfo.1.1_2.1

Same product

suse: all records

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Remediation

Which version to upgrade to

Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.

Product / packageFixed versionSource
opensuse:grub22.12-150600.8.18.2 · openSUSE:Leap 15.6Package registry (OSV)
suse:grub22.12-150600.8.18.2 · SUSE:Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP6Package registry (OSV)

Exploit status

No known public exploit

No public exploit has been observed yet. That doesn't mean you're safe, only that the bar is a little higher.

Research context

For pentesters and researchers: attack profile, score disagreement, timeline, patch commits, credits, variant and chain candidates, bug bounty scope. All derived from existing data; no exploit code.

Timeline

From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.

No dated events beyond publication.

EPSS, last 120 days

FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).

Patch and commit links

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No commit or PR link among the references.

Credits

All researchers

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Variant candidates

Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.

  • CVE-2025-23386148 days apartgerbera: Privilege escalation from user gerbera to root because of insecure %post script
    31Monitor

Chain candidates

An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.

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Bug bounty scope

No known public program.

Source: bounty-targets-data (public HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti, YesWeHack listings).

Technical details

Attack conditions

  • Physical access to the device is required.
  • No account or password is required.
  • No user action is required.
  • No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.

If successful

Confidentiality
Integrity
Availability
Attack vector
Physical
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Scope
X

Weakness class (CWE)

CWE-276 · Incorrect Default Permissions

CVSS vector

CVSS:4.0/AV:P/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X

nvd-secondary

Attack context

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Change log

  1. Fix✗ → ✓

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References

Vendor advisories and official records. Exploit/PoC links are deliberately left out.

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