CVE-2020-15705
GRUB2: avoid loading unsigned kernels when GRUB is booted directly under secureboot without shim
02 Description
GRUB2: avoid loading unsigned kernels when GRUB is booted directly under secureboot without shim
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
- 1.39% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 72.0% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 6.4 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/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
- 2020-07-29 17:45Z6 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-09-17 00:06Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2020-07-14
- Assigning CNA
- canonical
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Medium (CVSS 6.4)
- CNA CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Weaknesses
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 3f7510aa47969d30f4389b14dcc339ecb9386f57230426135d793eae17f4031a
05 Affected products
06 References
- www.eclypsium.comhttps://www.eclypsium.com/2020/07/29/theres-a-hole-in-the-boot/
- wiki.ubuntu.comhttps://wiki.ubuntu.com/SecurityTeam/KnowledgeBase/GRUB2SecureBootBypass
- ubuntu.comhttp://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4432-1
- www.debian.orghttps://www.debian.org/security/2020-GRUB-UEFI-SecureBoot
- portal.msrc.microsoft.comhttps://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/ADV200011
- access.redhat.comhttps://access.redhat.com/security/vulnerabilities/grub2bootloader
- www.suse.comhttps://www.suse.com/c/suse-addresses-grub2-secure-boot-issue/
- www.suse.comhttps://www.suse.com/support/kb/doc/?id=000019673
- www.openwall.comhttps://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/07/29/3
- lists.gnu.orghttps://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/grub-devel/2020-07/msg00034.html
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20200729 multiple secure boot grub2 and linux kernel vulnerabilitieshttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/07/29/3
- security.netapp.comhttps://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20200731-0008/
- usn.ubuntu.comUSN-4432-1https://usn.ubuntu.com/4432-1/
- lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2020:1280http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-08/msg00067.html
- lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2020:1282http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-08/msg00069.html
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20210302 Multiple GRUB2 vulnerabilitieshttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/03/02/3
- security.gentoo.orgGLSA-202104-05https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202104-05
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20210916 Containers-optimized OS (COS) membership in the linux-distros listhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/09/17/2
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20210917 Re: Containers-optimized OS (COS) membership in the linux-distros listhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/09/17/4
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20210920 Re: Containers-optimized OS (COS) membership in the linux-distros listhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/09/21/1
07 Fixed in
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
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
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.