vulnerability

VMware Photon OS: CVE-2020-15705

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
Jul 29, 2020
Added
Jan 20, 2025
Modified
Mar 25, 2026

Description

GRUB2 fails to validate kernel signature when booted directly without shim, allowing secure boot to be bypassed. This only affects systems where the kernel signing certificate has been imported directly into the secure boot database and the GRUB image is booted directly without the use of shim. This issue affects GRUB2 version 2.04 and prior versions.

Solution

vmware-photon_os_update_tdnf
Title
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