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CVE-2025-54771

MEDIUM
Expired Pointer Dereference (CWE-825)
2025-11-18 secalert@redhat.com
Denial Of Service
4.9
CVSS 3.1 · Vendor: redhat
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Vendor (redhat) PRIMARY
4.9 MEDIUM
AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
SUSE
MEDIUM
qualitative
Red Hat
4.9 MEDIUM
qualitative

Primary rating from Vendor (redhat).

CVSS VectorVendor: redhat

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
Attack Vector
Local
Attack Complexity
High
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
Low
Availability
Low

Lifecycle Timeline

3
Patch released
Apr 06, 2026 - 14:30 nvd
Patch available
Analysis Generated
Mar 28, 2026 - 19:22 vuln.today
CVE Published
Nov 18, 2025 - 19:15 nvd
MEDIUM 4.9

DescriptionCVE.org

A use-after-free vulnerability has been identified in the GNU GRUB (Grand Unified Bootloader). The flaw occurs because the file-closing process incorrectly retains a memory pointer, leaving an invalid reference to a file system structure. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause grub to crash, leading to a Denial of Service. Possible data integrity or confidentiality compromise is not discarded.

AnalysisAI

A use-after-free vulnerability has been identified in the GNU GRUB (Grand Unified Bootloader). Rated medium severity (CVSS 4.9), this vulnerability is no authentication required. No vendor patch available.

Technical ContextAI

This vulnerability is classified under CWE-825. A use-after-free vulnerability has been identified in the GNU GRUB (Grand Unified Bootloader). The flaw occurs because the file-closing process incorrectly retains a memory pointer, leaving an invalid reference to a file system structure. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause grub to crash, leading to a Denial of Service. Possible data integrity or confidentiality compromise is not discarded.

Affected ProductsAI

See vendor advisory for affected versions.

RemediationAI

No vendor patch is available at time of analysis. Monitor vendor advisories for updates. Apply vendor patches when available. Implement network segmentation and monitoring as interim mitigations.

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Vendor StatusVendor

SUSE

Severity: Medium
Product Status
Container suse/manager/5.0/x86_64/server:5.0.6.7.36.2 Affected
Container suse/multi-linux-manager/5.1/x86_64/server:5.1.1.1.8.10.2 Image server-image Affected
Container suse/sl-micro/6.0/base-os-container:2.1.3-4.14 Container suse/sl-micro/6.1/base-os-container:2.2.1-5.53 Affected
Container suse/sle-micro-rancher/5.2:latest Affected
Container suse/sle-micro-rancher/5.3:latest Container suse/sle-micro-rancher/5.4:5.4.4.5.96 Image SLES15-SP4-BYOS-Azure Image SLES15-SP4-BYOS-GCE Image SLES15-SP4-HPC-BYOS-Azure Image SLES15-SP4-HPC-BYOS-GCE Image SLES15-SP4-HPC-GCE Image SLES15-SP4-Hardened-BYOS-Azure Image SLES15-SP4-Hardened-BYOS-GCE Image SLES15-SP4-Manager-Server-4-3-BYOS Image SLES15-SP4-Manager-Server-4-3-BYOS-Azure Image SLES15-SP4-Manager-Server-4-3-BYOS-GCE Image SLES15-SP4-SAP-Azure Image SLES15-SP4-SAP-Azure-LI-BYOS Image SLES15-SP4-SAP-Azure-LI-BYOS-Production Image SLES15-SP4-SAP-Azure-VLI-BYOS Image SLES15-SP4-SAP-Azure-VLI-BYOS-Production Image SLES15-SP4-SAP-BYOS-Azure Image SLES15-SP4-SAP-BYOS-GCE Image SLES15-SP4-SAP-GCE Image SLES15-SP4-SAP-Hardened Image SLES15-SP4-SAP-Hardened-Azure Image SLES15-SP4-SAP-Hardened-BYOS-Azure Image SLES15-SP4-SAP-Hardened-BYOS-GCE Image SLES15-SP4-SAP-Hardened-GCE Image SLES15-SP4-SAPCAL-Azure Image SLES15-SP4-SAPCAL-GCE Affected

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