A flaw was found in grub2, prior to version 2.06. An attacker may use the GRUB 2 flaw to hijack and tamper the GRUB verification process. This flaw also allows the bypass of Secure Boot protections. In order to load an untrusted or modified kernel, an attacker would first need to establish access to the system such as gaining physical access, obtain the ability to alter a pxe-boot network, or have remote access to a networked system with root access. With this access, an attacker could then craft a string to cause a buffer overflow by injecting a malicious payload that leads to arbitrary code execution within GRUB. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to data confidentiality and integrity as well as system availability.
CVE-2020-10713
Score 8.2 from GitHub Security Advisory published 2022-05-24. NVD baseline CVSS 8.2; sources differ by 0.0.
- High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
A fix is available — apply it.
- CVSS v3
- 8.2
- EG Score
- 8.2(medium)
- EG Risk
- 57(Track)EG Risk 57/100SSVC: Track
EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score: it fuses intrinsic severity with real-world exploitation and automatability so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner. Distinct from the 0–10 EG Score (severity).
How it’s computedSeverity82% × 45%Exploitation40% × 40%Automatability30% × 15%Action: Routine — remediate on your standard cadence. - EPSS
- 61.3%
- KEV
- Not listed
Published
July 30, 2020
Last Modified
November 21, 2024
References (26)
- secalert@redhathttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-08/msg00016.html
- secalert@redhathttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-08/msg00017.html
- secalert@redhathttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/07/29/3
- secalert@redhathttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1825243
- secalert@redhathttps://cve.openeuler.org/#/CVEInfo/CVE-2020-10713
- secalert@redhathttps://eclypsium.com/2020/07/29/theres-a-hole-in-the-boot/
- secalert@redhathttps://kb.vmware.com/s/article/80181
- secalert@redhathttps://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202104-05
- secalert@redhathttps://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20200731-0008/
- secalert@redhathttps://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-grub2-code-exec-xLePCAPY
- secalert@redhathttps://usn.ubuntu.com/4432-1/
- secalert@redhathttps://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4735
- secalert@redhathttps://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/174059
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-08/msg00016.html
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-08/msg00017.html
Vendor Advisories for CVE-2020-10713(3)
These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.
- RHSA-2020:4172Red Hat Product SecurityHigh
Red Hat Security Advisory: Red Hat Virtualization security, bug fix, and enhancement update
- RHSA-2020:4115Red Hat Product SecurityHigh
Red Hat Security Advisory: redhat-release-virtualization-host and redhat-virtualization-host security update
- RHSA-2020:3275Red Hat Product SecurityMedium
Red Hat Security Advisory: grub2 security and bug fix update
Patch Availability(11)
| Vendor / Ecosystem | Fixed in / Patch | Released | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| ubuntu | grub2-common (2.02~beta2-36ubuntu3.26) @ xenial | 2026-05-27 | ubuntu |
| redhat | redhat-virtualization-host-0:4.4.2-20200930.0.el8_2 | 2020-10-05 | redhat |
| redhat | redhat-virtualization-host-0:4.3.11-20200922.0.el7_9 | 2020-09-30 | redhat |
| redhat | shim-signed-0:15-8.el7_6 | 2020-08-03 | redhat |
| redhat | shim-signed-0:15-8.el7_4 | 2020-08-03 | redhat |
| redhat | shim-signed-0:15-8.el7_3 | 2020-08-03 | redhat |
| redhat | shim-signed-0:15-8.el7_2 | 2020-08-03 | redhat |
| redhat | shim-signed-0:15-8.el7_7 | 2020-08-03 | redhat |
| redhat | shim-unsigned-x64-0:15-7.el8 | 2020-07-29 | redhat |
| redhat | shim-0:15-14.el8_0 | 2020-07-29 | redhat |
| redhat | shim-signed-0:15-7.el7_8 | 2020-07-29 | redhat |
Patches are aggregated from vendor advisories (Red Hat, Microsoft, Cisco, GitHub) and package ecosystems (OSV, GHSA). Multiple rows for the same upstream release have been deduplicated.
Weakness Classification(1)
MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.
Additional Vendor Advisories
(10)
Vendors that published advisories for this CVE beyond the curated set above. Broader coverage but minimal per-row detail — click through for the original advisory.
- Microsoft MSRCCVE-2020-107132020-08-18
A flaw was found in grub2 prior to version 2.06. An attacker may use the GRUB 2 flaw to hijack and tamper the GRUB verification process. This flaw also allows the bypass of Secure Boot protections. In order to load an untrusted or modified kernel an attacker would first need to establish access to the system such as gaining physical access obtain the ability to alter a pxe-boot network or have remote access to a networked system with root access. With this access an attacker could then craft a string to cause a buffer overflow by injecting a malicious payload that leads to arbitrary code execution within GRUB. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to data confidentiality and integrity as well as system availability.
- Red HatRHSA-2020:3216MODERATE2020-07-29
RHSA-2020:3216 — Moderate
- Red HatRHSA-2020:3217MODERATE2020-07-29
RHSA-2020:3217 — Moderate
- Red HatRHSA-2020:3223MODERATE2020-07-29
RHSA-2020:3223 — Moderate
- Red HatRHSA-2020:3227MODERATE2020-07-29
RHSA-2020:3227 — Moderate
- Red HatRHSA-2020:3271MODERATE2020-07-29
RHSA-2020:3271 — Moderate
- Red HatRHSA-2020:3273MODERATE2020-07-29
RHSA-2020:3273 — Moderate
- Red HatRHSA-2020:3274MODERATE2020-07-29
RHSA-2020:3274 — Moderate
- Red HatRHSA-2020:3276MODERATE2020-07-29
RHSA-2020:3276 — Moderate
- UbuntuUSN-4432-1HIGH
GRUB 2 vulnerabilities
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Publicly available exploits
(1 reference)Working exploit code is in the public domain (1 GitHub PoC). Defenders should treat patch urgency accordingly — public PoCs typically lead to mass-exploitation within 24-72 hours.
- GitHub PoCeclypsium/BootHoleFirst seen Jul 29, 2020
BootHole vulnerability (CVE-2020-10713). detection script, links and other mitigation related materials
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