CVE-2021-3418

MEDIUM

GRUB2 < 2.06 - Secure Boot Bypass via Shim Lock Mechanism

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

If certificates that signed grub are installed into db, grub can be booted directly. It will then boot any kernel without signature validation. The booted kernel will think it was booted in secureboot mode and will implement lockdown, yet it could have been tampered. This flaw is a reintroduction of CVE-2020-15705 and only affects grub2 versions prior to 2.06 and upstream and distributions using the shim_lock mechanism.

References (1)

Core 1
Core References
Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1933757

Scores

CVSS v3 6.4
EPSS 0.0048
EPSS Percentile 37.5%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-281
Status published
Products (1)
gnu/grub2 < 2.06
Published Mar 15, 2021
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026