CVE-2025-61661

mediumpriority · track · 0EPSS 0.002 · 10 %ileDEEURUUS

grimoire priorityP3 · Track

Exploitable?

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no known exploitation

Likely / severe?

0.21% (10th) EPSS

CVSS 4.8 · medium

Is it mine?

32 products

Check your exposure

Who says so?

4 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · fstec_bdu · cert_bund

EPSS · scored 2026-10-23

A vulnerability has been identified in the GRUB (Grand Unified Bootloader) component. This flaw occurs because the bootloader mishandles string conversion when reading information from a USB device, allowing an attacker to exploit inconsistent length values. A local attacker can connect a maliciously configured USB device during the boot sequence to trigger this issue. A successful exploitation may lead GRUB to crash, leading to a Denial of Service. Data corruption may be also possible, although given the complexity of the exploit the impact is most likely limited.

cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

4.8

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode

v3.14.8mediumAV:P/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:Hsecondary · FSTEC (BDU) RU

v3.14.8mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:Hsecondary · ENISA EU

v3.14.8mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:Hsecondary · secalert@redhat.com USexploitability 0.5 · impact 4.2

v3.14.4mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H/E:Usecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

ssvc

A stakeholder decision — act, attend, or track — from exploitation and impact.

Trackcoordinatorcisa_ssvcUS

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-131USCWE-131US

affected products (32)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

Amazon Linux 2all versionscert_bundDEcpe:/o:amazon:linux_2:-
Dell Avamarall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/a:dell:avamar:-
Dell NetWorkerall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/a:dell:networker:-
IBM DataPower Gatewayall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/a:ibm:datapower_gateway:-
IBM Power Hardware Management Console V10.3.1050.0-V10.3.1063.2all versionscert_bundDEcpe:/a:ibm:hardware_management_console:v10.3.1050.0_-_v10.3.1063.2
IBM Power Hardware Management Console V11.1.1110.0-V11.1.1111.5all versionscert_bundDEcpe:/a:ibm:hardware_management_console:v11.1.1110.0_-_v11.1.1111.5
Open Source Gruball versionscert_bundDEcpe:/a:gnu:grub:-
Oracle Linuxall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/o:oracle:linux:-
RESF Rocky Linuxall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/o:resf:rocky_linux:-
Red Hat Enterprise Linuxall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:-
SUSE Linuxall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/o:suse:suse_linux:-
SUSE openSUSEall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/o:suse:opensuse:-
IBM QRadar SIEM< 7.5.0 UP15 IF02cert_bundDE
Red Hat OpenShift≤ Container Platform <4.17.54cert_bundDE
Red Hat OpenShift≤ Container Platform <4.12.87cert_bundDE
Red Hat OpenShift≤ Container Platform <4.13.65cert_bundDE
Red Hat OpenShift≤ Container Platform <4.15.64cert_bundDE
Red Hat OpenShift≤ Container Platform <4.19.28cert_bundDE
GNU grub2≤ 0 ≤2.14enisa_euvdEU
Erich Boleyn Grub2≤ 2.14fstec_bduRU

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advisories (2)

Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.

WID-SEC-W-2025-2638Grub: Mehrere SchwachstellenDeutsch2025-11-18csaf · cert_bundDE
Ein Angreifer kann mehrere Schwachstellen in Grub ausnutzen, um beliebigen Programmcode auszuführen, und um einen Denial of Service Angriff durchzuführen.
WID-SEC-W-2026-0778Dell Secure Connect Gateway Policy Manager: Mehrere SchwachstellenDeutsch2026-03-18csaf · cert_bundDE
Ein Angreifer kann mehrere Schwachstellen in Dell Secure Connect Gateway Policy Manager ausnutzen, um einen nicht näher spezifizierten Angriff durchzuführen.

also known as (4)

Other names and identifiers for this entity.

sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

cnnvd enisa_euvd fstec_bdu cert_bund NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2025-11-18modified 2026-10-18

references (10)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

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