CVE-2022-3675

LOW

Fedora CoreOS >=36.20220820.3.0 <37.20221031.1.0 - Unauthenticated OSTree Deployment Boot Bypass

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

Fedora CoreOS supports setting a GRUB bootloader password using a Butane config. When this feature is enabled, GRUB requires a password to access the GRUB command-line, modify kernel command-line arguments, or boot non-default OSTree deployments. Recent Fedora CoreOS releases have a misconfiguration which allows booting non-default OSTree deployments without entering a password. This allows someone with access to the GRUB menu to boot into an older version of Fedora CoreOS, reverting any security fixes that have recently been applied to the machine. A password is still required to modify kernel command-line arguments and to access the GRUB command line.

References (3)

Core 3

Scores

CVSS v3 2.6
EPSS 0.0005
EPSS Percentile 15.4%
Attack Vector PHYSICAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:N

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment
Exploitation none
Automatable no
Technical Impact partial

Details

CWE
CWE-306 CWE-20
Status published
Products (1)
redhat/fedora_coreos 36.20220820.3.0 - 37.20221031.1.0
Published Nov 03, 2022
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026