CVE-2026-82018 (GCVE-0-2026-82018)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2026-08-28 21:11
Modified
2026-08-28 21:11
CWE
  • CWE-636 - Not Failing Securely ('Failing Open')
Summary
IGEL OS 12 before 12.9.0, 12.8.3 LTS and IGEL OS 11 before 11.11.150 contain a secure boot bypass vulnerability in the GRUB boot stage that allows physically present attackers to gain unauthorized root access by placing an unsigned empty file named igel.conf on a partition. Attackers can exploit GRUB's fail-open signature verification behavior to drop into an interactive GRUB prompt, then boot the device's own kernel with additional command-line arguments to obtain a root shell with the disk unlocked while leaving TPM PCR values unaltered.
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
IGEL IGEL OS 12 Version: 12.0.0    12.8.2
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