A Use-After-Free vulnerability has been discovered in GRUB's gettext module. This flaw stems from a programming error where the gettext command remains registered in memory after its module is unloaded. An attacker can exploit this condition by invoking the orphaned command, causing the application to access a memory location that is no longer valid. 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.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00006.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions
GNU grub2 unaffected
Version Status Constraints
0 affected ≤ 2.14
Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 affected
Version Status Constraints
1:2.12-29.el10_1.2 unaffected < *
Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10.0 Extended Update Support affected
Version Status Constraints
1:2.12-15.el10_0.2 unaffected < *
Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 affected
Version Status Constraints
1:2.02-170.el8_10.1 unaffected < *
Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.2 Advanced Update Support affected
Version Status Constraints
1:2.02-87.el8_2.14 unaffected < *
Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 Advanced Mission Critical Update Support affected
Version Status Constraints
1:2.02-99.el8_4.13 unaffected < *
Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 Extended Update Support Long-Life Add-On affected
Version Status Constraints
1:2.02-99.el8_4.13 unaffected < *
Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 Advanced Mission Critical Update Support affected
Version Status Constraints
1:2.02-123.el8_6.19 unaffected < *
Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 Telecommunications Update Service affected
Version Status Constraints
1:2.02-123.el8_6.19 unaffected < *
Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 Update Services for SAP Solutions affected
Version Status Constraints
1:2.02-123.el8_6.19 unaffected < *
Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.8 Telecommunications Update Service affected
Version Status Constraints
1:2.02-152.el8_8.3 unaffected < *
Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.8 Update Services for SAP Solutions affected
Version Status Constraints
1:2.02-152.el8_8.3 unaffected < *
Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 affected
Version Status Constraints
1:2.06-114.el9_7.1 unaffected < *
Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.0 Update Services for SAP Solutions affected
Version Status Constraints
1:2.06-27.el9_0.23 unaffected < *
Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.2 Update Services for SAP Solutions affected
Version Status Constraints
1:2.06-61.el9_2.11 unaffected < *
Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.4 Extended Update Support affected
Version Status Constraints
1:2.06-86.el9_4.4 unaffected < *
Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.6 Extended Update Support affected
Version Status Constraints
1:2.06-105.el9_6.1 unaffected < *
Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 affected —
Red Hat Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4 affected —

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:gnu:grub2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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References
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http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/11/18/5 cve-icon
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:4648 cve-icon cve-icon
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:4649 cve-icon cve-icon
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:4652 cve-icon cve-icon
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:4653 cve-icon cve-icon
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:4654 cve-icon cve-icon
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:4760 cve-icon cve-icon
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:4822 cve-icon cve-icon
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:4823 cve-icon cve-icon
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:4830 cve-icon cve-icon
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:4900 cve-icon cve-icon
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:4998 cve-icon cve-icon
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:5074 cve-icon cve-icon
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-61662 cve-icon cve-icon
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2414683 cve-icon cve-icon
https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/grub-devel/2025-11/msg00155.html cve-icon cve-icon
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-61662 cve-icon
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-61662 cve-icon
History

Thu, 19 Mar 2026 10:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
CPEs cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_e4s:9.0::baseos
References

Wed, 18 Mar 2026 22:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
CPEs cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_aus:8.2::baseos
References

Wed, 18 Mar 2026 09:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
CPEs cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_e4s:9.2::baseos
References

Wed, 18 Mar 2026 04:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Redhat rhel Eus
CPEs cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_eus:9.4::baseos
cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_eus:9.6::baseos
Vendors & Products Redhat rhel Eus
References

Tue, 17 Mar 2026 18:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Redhat rhel Eus Long Life
CPEs cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_aus:8.4::baseos
cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_eus_long_life:8.4::baseos
Vendors & Products Redhat rhel Eus Long Life
References

Tue, 17 Mar 2026 17:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
CPEs cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9 cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9::baseos
References

Tue, 17 Mar 2026 00:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
CPEs cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8 cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8::baseos
cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_e4s:8.8::baseos
cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_tus:8.8::baseos
References

Mon, 16 Mar 2026 21:00:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Redhat rhel Aus
Redhat rhel E4s
Redhat rhel Tus
CPEs cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_aus:8.6::baseos
cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_e4s:8.6::baseos
cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_tus:8.6::baseos
Vendors & Products Redhat rhel Aus
Redhat rhel E4s
Redhat rhel Tus
References

Mon, 16 Mar 2026 20:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Redhat enterprise Linux Eus
CPEs cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux_eus:10.0
Vendors & Products Redhat enterprise Linux Eus
References

Mon, 16 Mar 2026 19:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
CPEs cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:10 cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:10.1
References

Thu, 12 Mar 2026 11:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
References

Wed, 21 Jan 2026 13:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 4.9, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L'}

 cvssV3_1

{'score': 7.8, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}

Thu, 08 Jan 2026 17:00:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Gnu
Gnu grub2
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:gnu:grub2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Gnu
Gnu grub2

Wed, 19 Nov 2025 00:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
References
Metrics threat_severity

None

 threat_severity

Moderate

Tue, 18 Nov 2025 22:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
References

Tue, 18 Nov 2025 19:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Weaknesses CWE-416
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

Tue, 18 Nov 2025 18:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description A Use-After-Free vulnerability has been discovered in GRUB's gettext module. This flaw stems from a programming error where the gettext command remains registered in memory after its module is unloaded. An attacker can exploit this condition by invoking the orphaned command, causing the application to access a memory location that is no longer valid. 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.
Title Grub2: missing unregister call for gettext command may lead to use-after-free
First Time appeared Redhat
Redhat enterprise Linux
Redhat openshift
CPEs cpe:/a:redhat:openshift:4
cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:10
cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7
cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8
cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9
Vendors & Products Redhat
Redhat enterprise Linux
Redhat openshift
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 4.9, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L'}

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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published:

Updated: 2026-03-19T09:47:19.125Z

Reserved: 2025-09-29T20:18:48.975Z

Link: CVE-2025-61662

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2025-11-18T22:03:43.738Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2025-11-18T19:15:50.203

Modified: 2026-03-19T10:16:17.017

Link: CVE-2025-61662

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2025-11-18T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2025-61662 - Bugzilla

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

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