CVE-2024-23301 Information disclosure in n/a

Medium 5.5 Published 12 Jan 2024 Updated 10 Dec 2025

Local attackers can read system secrets from world-readable initrd files when GRUB_RESCUE is enabled in Relax-and-Recover.

Exploited in the wild: Not known
Login needed: Any signed-in user
Attackable: Local or same network only
Victim action needed: Not needed
Fix: Available

What is CVE-2024-23301?

CVE-2024-23301 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Fedoraproject Fedora, published on 12 Jan 2024. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official 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.

Weakness: CWE-276

Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-23301?

It affects 4 products.

Linux distribution packages (22)

`rear` AlmaLinux:8	All versions	`2.6-11.el8_9.alma.1`
`rear` AlmaLinux:9	All versions	`2.6-21.el9_3.alma`
`rear` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:8::appstream	All versions	`0:2.6-11.el8_9`
`rear` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:9::appstream	All versions	`0:2.6-21.el9_3`
`rear` Rocky Linux:8	All versions	`0:2.6-11.el8_9`
`rear116` SUSE:Linux Enterprise High Availability Extension 12 SP5	All versions	`1.16-15.3.1`
`rear1172a` SUSE:Linux Enterprise High Availability Extension 12 SP5	All versions	`1.17.2.a-5.3.1`
`rear118a` SUSE:Linux Enterprise High Availability Extension 12 SP5	All versions	`1.18.a-9.3.1`
`rear23a` SUSE:Linux Enterprise High Availability Extension 12 SP5	All versions	`2.3.a-3.9.1`
`rear27a` SUSE:Linux Enterprise High Availability Extension 12 SP5	All versions	`2.7-8.6.1`
`rear23a` SUSE:Linux Enterprise High Availability Extension 15 SP1	All versions	`2.3.a-150000.9.9.1`
`rear23a` SUSE:Linux Enterprise High Availability Extension 15 SP2	All versions	`2.3.a-150000.9.9.1`
`rear27a` SUSE:Linux Enterprise High Availability Extension 15 SP2	All versions	`2.7-150200.5.6.1`
`rear23a` SUSE:Linux Enterprise High Availability Extension 15 SP3	All versions	`2.3.a-150300.21.3.1`
`rear27a` SUSE:Linux Enterprise High Availability Extension 15 SP3	All versions	`2.7-150200.5.6.1`
`rear23a` SUSE:Linux Enterprise High Availability Extension 15 SP4	All versions	`2.3.a-150300.21.3.1`
`rear27a` SUSE:Linux Enterprise High Availability Extension 15 SP4	All versions	`2.7-150200.5.6.1`
`rear23a` SUSE:Linux Enterprise High Availability Extension 15 SP5	All versions	`2.3.a-150300.21.3.1`
`rear27a` SUSE:Linux Enterprise High Availability Extension 15 SP5	All versions	`2.7-150500.3.3.1`
`rear23a` openSUSE:Leap 15.5	All versions	`2.3.a-150300.21.3.1`
`rear27a` openSUSE:Leap 15.5	All versions	`2.7-150500.3.3.1`
`rear` openSUSE:Tumbleweed	All versions	`2.7-2.1`

Products include Fedoraproject Fedora, Redhat Enterprise Linux, Relax-and-Recover Relax-and-Recover, Suse Linux Enterprise.

How do I fix CVE-2024-23301?

Apply the vendor's patch.

Is CVE-2024-23301 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-23301 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Also known as ALSA-2024:1147, ALSA-2024:1719, AZL-43810, AZL-44403, DEBIAN-CVE-2024-23301, DLA-3733-1 and 18 more.