alsa-2026:4649
Vulnerability from osv_almalinux
Published
2026-03-16 00:00
Modified
2026-03-19 15:01
Summary
Moderate: grub2 security update
Details

The grub2 packages provide version 2 of the Grand Unified Boot Loader (GRUB), a highly configurable and customizable boot loader with modular architecture. The packages support a variety of kernel formats, file systems, computer architectures, and hardware devices.

Security Fix(es):

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

For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

References
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        "name": "grub2-common"
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  "details": "The grub2 packages provide version 2 of the Grand Unified Boot Loader (GRUB), a highly configurable and customizable boot loader with modular architecture. The packages support a variety of kernel formats, file systems, computer architectures, and hardware devices.  \n\nSecurity Fix(es):  \n\n  * grub2: Missing unregister call for gettext command may lead to use-after-free (CVE-2025-61662)\n\n\nFor more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.\n",
  "id": "ALSA-2026:4649",
  "modified": "2026-03-19T15:01:32Z",
  "published": "2026-03-16T00:00:00Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:4649"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-61662"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2414683"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://errata.almalinux.org/10/ALSA-2026-4649.html"
    }
  ],
  "related": [
    "CVE-2025-61662"
  ],
  "summary": "Moderate: grub2 security update"
}


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