CVE-2020-10713
A flaw was found in grub2, prior to version 2.06. An attacker may use the GRUB 2 flaw to hijack and tamper the GRUB verification process. This flaw also allows the bypass of Secure Boot protections.
02 Description
A flaw was found in grub2, prior to version 2.06. An attacker may use the GRUB 2 flaw to hijack and tamper the GRUB verification process. This flaw also allows the bypass of Secure Boot protections.
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 1.71% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 76.8% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 8.2 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- Red Hat severity
- Moderate. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2020-07-30 12:58Z6 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-04 11:14Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2020-03-20
- Assigning CNA
- redhat
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 161615a30606aa2aaff832918bf2341752b3a1bc842c98e9e09ebb2b99c6f7cf
05 Affected products
06 References
- www.debian.orgDSA-4735https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4735
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20200729 multiple secure boot grub2 and linux kernel vulnerabilitieshttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/07/29/3
- bugzilla.redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1825243
- www.kb.cert.orgVU#174059https://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/174059
- security.netapp.comhttps://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20200731-0008/
- usn.ubuntu.comUSN-4432-1https://usn.ubuntu.com/4432-1/
- tools.cisco.com20200804 GRUB2 Arbitrary Code Execution Vulnerabilityhttps://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-grub2-code-exec-xLePCAPY
- lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2020:1169http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-08/msg00017.html
- lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2020:1168http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-08/msg00016.html
- eclypsium.comhttps://eclypsium.com/2020/07/29/theres-a-hole-in-the-boot/
- kb.vmware.comhttps://kb.vmware.com/s/article/80181
- cve.openeuler.orghttps://cve.openeuler.org/#/CVEInfo/CVE-2020-10713
- security.gentoo.orgGLSA-202104-05https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202104-05
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- grub2 Fixed in 2.04-9
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- grub2 Fixed in 2.04-9
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- grub2 Fixed in 2.04-9
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
- grub2 Fixed in 2.02~beta2-36ubuntu3.26
- grub2-signed Fixed in 1.66.26
- grub2-unsigned No fix yet
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
- grub2 Fixed in 2.02-2ubuntu8.16
- grub2-signed Fixed in 1.93.18
- grub2-unsigned Fixed in 2.04-1ubuntu47.4
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
- grub2 Fixed in 2.04-1ubuntu26.1
- grub2-signed Fixed in 1.142.3
- grub2-unsigned Fixed in 2.04-1ubuntu47.4
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu Pro 14.04 LTS
- grub2 Fixed in 2.02~beta2-9ubuntu1.20Available with Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only): https://ubuntu.com/pro
- grub2-signed Fixed in 1.34.22Available with Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only): https://ubuntu.com/pro
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
A release or ecosystem missing from this list has no record here. It may be unaffected or not covered by the source. Source notices and licences.