Medium severity5.5NVD Advisory· Published Jan 12, 2024· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2024-23301
CVE-2024-23301
Description
Relax-and-Recover (aka ReaR) through 2.7 creates a world-readable initrd when using GRUB_RESCUE=y. This allows local attackers to gain access to system secrets otherwise only readable by root.
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Affected products
20- Range: <=2.7
- Range: <=2.7
- osv-coords18 versionspkg:rpm/almalinux/rearpkg:rpm/opensuse/rear23a&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.5pkg:rpm/opensuse/rear27a&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.5pkg:rpm/opensuse/rear&distro=openSUSE%20Tumbleweedpkg:rpm/suse/rear116&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20High%20Availability%20Extension%2012%20SP5pkg:rpm/suse/rear1172a&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20High%20Availability%20Extension%2012%20SP5pkg:rpm/suse/rear118a&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20High%20Availability%20Extension%2012%20SP5pkg:rpm/suse/rear23a&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20High%20Availability%20Extension%2012%20SP5pkg:rpm/suse/rear23a&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20High%20Availability%20Extension%2015%20SP1pkg:rpm/suse/rear23a&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20High%20Availability%20Extension%2015%20SP2pkg:rpm/suse/rear23a&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20High%20Availability%20Extension%2015%20SP3pkg:rpm/suse/rear23a&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20High%20Availability%20Extension%2015%20SP4pkg:rpm/suse/rear23a&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20High%20Availability%20Extension%2015%20SP5pkg:rpm/suse/rear27a&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20High%20Availability%20Extension%2012%20SP5pkg:rpm/suse/rear27a&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20High%20Availability%20Extension%2015%20SP2pkg:rpm/suse/rear27a&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20High%20Availability%20Extension%2015%20SP3pkg:rpm/suse/rear27a&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20High%20Availability%20Extension%2015%20SP4pkg:rpm/suse/rear27a&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20High%20Availability%20Extension%2015%20SP5
< 2.6-21.el9_3.alma+ 17 more
- (no CPE)range: < 2.6-21.el9_3.alma
- (no CPE)range: < 2.3.a-150300.21.3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.7-150500.3.3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.7-2.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.16-15.3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.17.2.a-5.3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.18.a-9.3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.3.a-3.9.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.3.a-150000.9.9.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.3.a-150000.9.9.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.3.a-150300.21.3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.3.a-150300.21.3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.3.a-150300.21.3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.7-8.6.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.7-150200.5.6.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.7-150200.5.6.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.7-150200.5.6.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.7-150500.3.3.1
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
8- github.com/rear/rear/pull/3123nvdPatchVendor Advisory
- github.com/rear/rear/issues/3122nvdExploitIssue TrackingPatchVendor Advisory
- lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/02/msg00003.htmlnvd
- lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/12/msg00011.htmlnvd
- lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/7JIN57LUPBI2GDJOK3PYXNHJTZT3AQTZ/nvd
- lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/UHKMPXJNXEJJE6EVYE5HM7EKEJFQMBN7/nvd
- lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/7JIN57LUPBI2GDJOK3PYXNHJTZT3AQTZ/nvd
- lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/UHKMPXJNXEJJE6EVYE5HM7EKEJFQMBN7/nvd
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