CVE record · CVE-2025-61662

Grub2: missing unregister call for gettext command may lead to use-after-free

CVSS 7.8 HighEPSS 0.0022 · 12th percentile

Published by the CVE Program (CNA: redhat) at 18 Nov 2025, 18:20 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
GNU	grub2 Package name: grub2 https://git.savannah.gnu.org/git/grub.git	affected 2.14 and earlier semver Other versions: unaffected
Red Hat	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 Package name: grub2 https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/	unaffected 1:2.12-29.el10_1.2 to before * rpm Other versions: affected
Red Hat	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10.0 Extended Update Support Package name: grub2 https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/	unaffected 1:2.12-15.el10_0.2 to before * rpm Other versions: affected
Red Hat	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Extended Lifecycle Support Package name: grub2 https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/	unaffected 1:2.02-0.87.el7_9.16 to before * rpm Other versions: affected
Red Hat	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 Package name: grub2 https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/	unaffected 1:2.02-170.el8_10.1 to before * rpm Other versions: affected
Red Hat	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.2 Advanced Update Support Package name: grub2 https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/	unaffected 1:2.02-87.el8_2.14 to before * rpm Other versions: affected
Red Hat	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 Advanced Mission Critical Update Support Package name: grub2 https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/	unaffected 1:2.02-99.el8_4.13 to before * rpm Other versions: affected
Red Hat	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 Extended Update Support Long-Life Add-On Package name: grub2 https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/	unaffected 1:2.02-99.el8_4.13 to before * rpm Other versions: affected
Red Hat	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 Advanced Mission Critical Update Support Package name: grub2 https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/	unaffected 1:2.02-123.el8_6.19 to before * rpm Other versions: affected
Red Hat	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 Telecommunications Update Service Package name: grub2 https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/	unaffected 1:2.02-123.el8_6.19 to before * rpm Other versions: affected
Red Hat	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 Update Services for SAP Solutions Package name: grub2 https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/	unaffected 1:2.02-123.el8_6.19 to before * rpm Other versions: affected
Red Hat	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.8 Telecommunications Update Service Package name: grub2 https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/	unaffected 1:2.02-152.el8_8.3 to before * rpm Other versions: affected
Red Hat	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.8 Update Services for SAP Solutions Package name: grub2 https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/	unaffected 1:2.02-152.el8_8.3 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 1:2.06-114.el9_7.1 to before * rpm Other versions: affected
Red Hat	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.0 Update Services for SAP Solutions Package name: grub2 https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/	unaffected 1:2.06-27.el9_0.23 to before * rpm Other versions: affected
Red Hat	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.2 Update Services for SAP Solutions Package name: grub2 https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/	unaffected 1:2.06-61.el9_2.11 to before * rpm Other versions: affected
Red Hat	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.4 Extended Update Support Package name: grub2 https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/	unaffected 1:2.06-86.el9_4.4 to before * rpm Other versions: affected
Red Hat	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.6 Extended Update Support Package name: grub2 https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/	unaffected 1:2.06-105.el9_6.1 to before * rpm Other versions: affected
Red Hat	Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.12 Package name: openshift/ose-rhel-coreos-8 https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/	unaffected 412.86.202604010116-0 to before * rpm Other versions: affected
Red Hat	Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.13 Package name: openshift/ose-rhel-coreos-9 https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/	unaffected 413.92.202604080111-0 to before * rpm Other versions: affected
Red Hat	Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.14 Package name: openshift/ose-rhel-coreos-9 https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/	unaffected 414.92.202605060243-0 to before * rpm Other versions: affected
Red Hat	Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.15 Package name: openshift/ose-rhel-coreos-9 https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/	unaffected 415.92.202605060220-0 to before * rpm Other versions: affected
Red Hat	Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.16 Package name: openshift/ose-rhel-coreos-9 https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/	unaffected 416.94.202604211449-0 to before * rpm Other versions: affected
Red Hat	Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.17 Package name: openshift/ose-rhel-coreos-9 https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/	unaffected 417.94.202605112123-0 to before * rpm Other versions: affected
Red Hat	Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.18 Package name: openshift/ose-rhel-coreos-9 https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/	unaffected 418.94.202603181125-0 to before * rpm Other versions: affected
Red Hat	Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.19 Package name: openshift/ose-rhel-coreos-9 https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/	unaffected 4.19.9.6.202604080618-0 to before * rpm Other versions: affected

Identifiers: CVE-2025-61662
CNA: redhat
Weakness (CWE): CWE-416
Tags: GNU grub2
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10.0 Extended Update Support
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Extended Lifecycle Support
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.2 Advanced Update Support
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 Advanced Mission Critical Update Support
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 Extended Update Support Long-Life Add-On
Memory corruption
Published: 18 Nov 2025
Updated: 16 Oct 2026

Not analysed yet

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Severity and exploitation

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

CISA KEV Not listed.
EPSS 0.0022, the 12th percentile, on 5 Nov 2026: FIRST’s estimate of the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Timeline

This record came from the full history of the CVE Program, published 18 Nov 2025. New records show when each source confirmed them.

Sources

References from the CNA

access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:10097 vendor-advisoryredhat
access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:14773 vendor-advisoryredhat
access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:15087 vendor-advisoryredhat
access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:17596 vendor-advisoryredhat
access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:4648 vendor-advisoryredhat
access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:4649 vendor-advisoryredhat
access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:4652 vendor-advisoryredhat
access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:4653 vendor-advisoryredhat
access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:4654 vendor-advisoryredhat
access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:4760 vendor-advisoryredhat
access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:4822 vendor-advisoryredhat
access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:4823 vendor-advisoryredhat
access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:4830 vendor-advisoryredhat
access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:4900 vendor-advisoryredhat
access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:4998 vendor-advisoryredhat
access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:5074 vendor-advisoryredhat
access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:5127 vendor-advisoryredhat
access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:5233 vendor-advisoryredhat
access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:6492 vendor-advisoryredhat
access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:7239 vendor-advisoryredhat
access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:7243 vendor-advisoryredhat
access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-61662 vdb-entryredhat
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2414683 issue-trackingredhat
lists.gnu.org/archive/html/grub-devel/2025-11/msg00155.html

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