CVE-2025-4382 | Grub2: grub allow access to encrypted device through cli once root device is unlocked via tpm

A flaw was found in systems utilizing LUKS-encrypted disks with GRUB configured for TPM-based auto-decryption. When GRUB is set to automatically decrypt disks using keys stored in the TPM, it reads the decryption key into system memory. If an attacker with physical access can corrupt the underlying filesystem superblock, GRUB will fail to locate a valid filesystem and enter rescue mode. At this point, the disk is already decrypted, and the decryption key remains loaded in system memory. This scenario may allow an attacker with physical access to access the unencrypted data without any further authentication, thereby compromising data confidentiality. Furthermore, the ability to force this state through filesystem corruption also presents a data integrity concern.

Published: 2025-05-09 Last update: 2026-04-15 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2025-4382 is rated Low Risk (31.7/100): CVSS Medium severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.31%). Mandatory action: Monitor for updates and reassess as exploit intelligence or EPSS changes.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2025-4382

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 2026-06-15 0.07% 0.31% +0.24%
2 2026-03-05 0.03% 0.07% +0.04%
3 2025-11-21 0.03%

Full EPSS history (7 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2025-4382

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
5.9 3.1 MEDIUM
CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:P)
Hands-on access—USB, keyboard, opening the case—not something you do purely over the wire.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:L)
A normal user session is enough; they don’t have to be admin.
User interaction (UI:N)
Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
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:N)
Service keeps running; no real outage angle.
0.7 5.2 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2025-4382

OS Trackers for CVE-2025-4382

vendor priority summary link
debian not yet assigned CVE-2025-4382 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (grub2), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): open 3, resolved 2. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2025-4382
redhat medium https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-4382
suse medium CVE-2025-4382 severity moderate: SUSE including 335 source package names (15.7.20.5.1:grub2-2.12-150700.19.3.1, 15.7.20.5.1:grub2-i386-pc-2.12-150700.19.3.1, …), 1000 product×package rows across 177 product lines (Container suse/hpc/warewulf4-x86_64/sle-hpc-node, Container suse/manager/5.0/x86_64/server, … (177 product lines)): Fixed 582, Known Affected 231, Will Not Fix 187. https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-4382/
ubuntu medium CVE-2025-4382 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-2025-4382

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2025-4382

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
No affected products in dataset.

References for CVE-2025-4382

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