RHSA-2026:4654MediumCVSS 7.8

Red Hat Security Advisory: grub2 security update

Published
March 16, 2026
Last Modified
September 1, 2026

🔗 CVE IDs covered (1)

📋 Description

CVE-2025-61662 — grub2: Missing unregister call for gettext command may lead to use-after-free

🎯 Affected products88

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS AUS (v.8.6)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS E4S (v.8.6)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS TUS (v.8.6)
  • grub2-1:2.02-123.el8_6.19.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS AUS (v.8.6)
  • grub2-1:2.02-123.el8_6.19.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS E4S (v.8.6)
  • grub2-1:2.02-123.el8_6.19.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS TUS (v.8.6)
  • grub2-common-1:2.02-123.el8_6.19.noarch as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS AUS (v.8.6)
  • grub2-common-1:2.02-123.el8_6.19.noarch as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS E4S (v.8.6)
  • grub2-common-1:2.02-123.el8_6.19.noarch as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS TUS (v.8.6)
  • grub2-debuginfo-1:2.02-123.el8_6.19.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS E4S (v.8.6)
  • grub2-debuginfo-1:2.02-123.el8_6.19.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS E4S (v.8.6)
  • grub2-debuginfo-1:2.02-123.el8_6.19.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS AUS (v.8.6)
  • grub2-debuginfo-1:2.02-123.el8_6.19.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS E4S (v.8.6)
  • grub2-debuginfo-1:2.02-123.el8_6.19.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS TUS (v.8.6)
  • grub2-debugsource-1:2.02-123.el8_6.19.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS E4S (v.8.6)
  • grub2-debugsource-1:2.02-123.el8_6.19.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS E4S (v.8.6)
  • grub2-debugsource-1:2.02-123.el8_6.19.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS AUS (v.8.6)
  • grub2-debugsource-1:2.02-123.el8_6.19.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS E4S (v.8.6)
  • grub2-debugsource-1:2.02-123.el8_6.19.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS TUS (v.8.6)
  • grub2-efi-aa64-1:2.02-123.el8_6.19.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS E4S (v.8.6)
  • grub2-efi-aa64-cdboot-1:2.02-123.el8_6.19.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS E4S (v.8.6)
  • grub2-efi-aa64-modules-1:2.02-123.el8_6.19.noarch as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS AUS (v.8.6)
  • grub2-efi-aa64-modules-1:2.02-123.el8_6.19.noarch as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS E4S (v.8.6)
  • grub2-efi-aa64-modules-1:2.02-123.el8_6.19.noarch as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS TUS (v.8.6)
  • grub2-efi-ia32-1:2.02-123.el8_6.19.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS AUS (v.8.6)
  • grub2-efi-ia32-1:2.02-123.el8_6.19.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS E4S (v.8.6)
  • grub2-efi-ia32-1:2.02-123.el8_6.19.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS TUS (v.8.6)
  • grub2-efi-ia32-cdboot-1:2.02-123.el8_6.19.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS AUS (v.8.6)
  • grub2-efi-ia32-cdboot-1:2.02-123.el8_6.19.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS E4S (v.8.6)
  • grub2-efi-ia32-cdboot-1:2.02-123.el8_6.19.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS TUS (v.8.6)
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✅ Remediation

For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258 Workaround: There's no known mitigation available for this vulnerability.

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