CVE-2024-49504 grub2 allows bypassing TPM-bound disk encryption on SL(E)M encrypted Images
High 7.0
Published
Updated
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-49504 and fix it if it is affected.
What it is: CVE-2024-49504 is a high-severity vulnerability in openSUSE Tumbleweed, published on 13 Nov 2024. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-49504 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Affected product: openSUSE Tumbleweed. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.
Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.
Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-49504/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-49504/index.md)
Attackers with grub shell access can bypass TPM-bound disk encryption to read files on encrypted disks in SUSE Linux.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2024-49504?
CVE-2024-49504 is a high-severity vulnerability in openSUSE Tumbleweed, published on 13 Nov 2024. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
grub2 allowed attackers with access to the grub shell to access files on the encrypted disks.
Weakness: CWE-276
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-49504?
Linux distribution packages (1)
grub2 openSUSE:Tumbleweed | All versions | 2.12-28.1 |
How do I fix CVE-2024-49504?
Apply the vendor's patch.
Is CVE-2024-49504 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-49504 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-46pf-6w9r-96r9, OESA-2025-1452, UBUNTU-CVE-2024-49504, openSUSE-SU-2024:14464-1.