CVE-2025-0624 | Grub2: net: out-of-bounds write in grub_net_search_config_file()

A flaw was found in grub2. During the network boot process, when trying to search for the configuration file, grub copies data from a user controlled environment variable into an internal buffer using the grub_strcpy() function. During this step, it fails to consider the environment variable length when allocating the internal buffer, resulting in an out-of-bounds write. If correctly exploited, this issue may result in remote code execution through the same network segment grub is searching for the boot information, which can be used to by-pass secure boot protections.

Published: 2025-02-19 Last update: 2026-04-15 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2025-0624 is rated Moderate Risk (55.2/100): CVSS High severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.66%). Mandatory action: Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2025-0624

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-05-22 0.83% 0.66% -0.17%
2 2026-03-29 1.49% 0.83% -0.66%
3 2026-03-02 1.49%

Full EPSS history (27 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2025-0624

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.6 3.1 HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:A)
Attacker has to be nearby on the network—same office, same link, that vibe—not the whole wide internet.
Attack complexity (AC:H)
Even with access, the exploit needs extra luck, timing, or a fussy environment to actually work.
Privileges required (PR:H)
They need powerful rights—admin, root, or similar—before this pays off.
User interaction (UI:N)
Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping.
Scope (S:C)
Breaking this can reach past the original component and bite other resources—bigger blast radius.
Confidentiality (C:H)
Serious risk that confidential data gets exposed in a big way.
Integrity (I:H)
They could widely tamper with or forge data—trust in the data is badly hurt.
Availability (A:H)
Could take the service down hard or make it unusable for people who depend on it.
1.0 6.0 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2025-0624

OS Trackers for CVE-2025-0624

vendor priority summary link
debian not yet assigned CVE-2025-0624 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (grub2), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 4, open 1. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2025-0624
redhat high https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-0624
suse high CVE-2025-0624 severity important: SUSE including 412 source package names (2.0.4-5.8.146:grub2-2.06-150500.29.43.2, 2.0.4-5.8.146:grub2-i386-pc-2.06-150500.29.43.2, …), 1443 product×package rows across 294 product lines (Container suse/manager/5.0/x86_64/server, Container suse/sl-micro/6.0/base-os-container, … (294 product lines)): Fixed 1222, Known Affected 221. https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-0624/
ubuntu medium CVE-2025-0624 medium priority: Ubuntu including 3 source packages (grub2, grub2-signed, grub2-unsigned), 29 status rows across 10 suites (bionic, focal, jammy, noble, oracular, plucky, questing, trusty, upstream, xenial): needs-triage 15, not-affected 8, ignored 6. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2025-0624

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2025-0624

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
No affected products in dataset.

References for CVE-2025-0624

URL Tags
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:2521
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:2653
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:2655
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:2675
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:2784
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:2799
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:2867
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:2869
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:3297
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:3301
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:3367
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:3396
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:3573
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:3577
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:3780
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:4422
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:7702
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-0624
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2346112
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20250516-0006/
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