CVE record · CVE-2024-1048

Grub2: grub2-set-bootflag can be abused by local (pseudo-)users

CVSS 3.3 LowEPSS 0.0027 · 19th percentile

Published by the CVE Program (CNA: redhat) at 6 Feb 2024, 17:30 UTC. agentprime has not analysed this yet, so whether it affects any app is not known. This CVE names a vendor and product rather than a package, so the lockfile check doesn’t match it.

Affected products, as the CNA wrote them
Vendor	Product	Versions
Not given	Not given Package name: grub2 https://github.com/rhboot/grub2/	unaffected before * git Other versions: unaffected
Red Hat	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 Package name: grub2 https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/	unaffected 1:2.02-156.el8 to before * rpm Other versions: affected
Red Hat	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 Package name: grub2 https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/	unaffected 1:2.06-77.el9 to before * rpm Other versions: affected
Red Hat	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Package name: grub https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/	No versions given Other versions: unaffected
Red Hat	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Package name: grub2 https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/	No versions given Other versions: unaffected

Identifiers: CVE-2024-1048
CNA: redhat
Weakness (CWE): CWE-459
Tags: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
CWE-459
Published: 6 Feb 2024
Updated: 5 Nov 2026

Not analysed yet

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Severity and exploitation

Score	Rating	CVSS	Vector	Source
3.3	Low	3.1	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L	CNA (redhat)

CISA KEV Not listed.
EPSS 0.0027, the 19th percentile, on 8 Nov 2026: FIRST’s estimate of the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Timeline

6 Feb 2024, 17:30 UTC Confirmed by the CVE List
6 Feb 2024, 18:15 UTC Confirmed by NVD

Sources

References from the CNA

access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:2456 vendor-advisoryredhat
access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:3184 vendor-advisoryredhat
access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-1048 vdb-entryredhat
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2256827 issue-trackingredhat
www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/02/06/3

Facts on this page come from the CVE List as the CNA published them, with CVSS from the sources named above, CISA KEV and FIRST EPSS. Vendors, products and versions are shown as the CNA wrote them. We don’t reproduce the CVE’s description.