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.
Metrics
CVSS Version: 3.1 |
Base Score: 2.6 LOW Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:N