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CVE-2024-56738

GNU GRUB (aka GRUB2) through 2.12 does not use a constant-time algorithm for grub_crypto_memcmp and thus allows side-channel attacks.

  • Published: Dec 29, 2024
  • Updated: Nov 16, 2025
  • CVE: CVE-2024-56738
  • Severity: Medium
  • Exploit:

CVSS v3:

  • Severity: Medium
  • Score: 5.3
  • AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

CWEs:

Software From Fixed in
gnu / grub2 - 2.12.x