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.
History

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Metrics ssvc

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


Thu, 01 Oct 2026 15:30:00 +0000

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CPEs cpe:2.3:o:igel:igel_os:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Mon, 31 Aug 2026 21:30:00 +0000

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First Time appeared Igel
Igel igel Os
Vendors & Products Igel
Igel igel Os

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Description 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.
Title IGEL OS 12 / 11 Secure Boot Bypass via Unsigned igel.conf File
Weaknesses CWE-636
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 6.1, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N'}

cvssV4_0

{'score': 6.8, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:P/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N'}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: VulnCheck

Published: 2026-08-28T21:11:24.911Z

Updated: 2026-10-01T15:21:40.808Z

Reserved: 2026-08-27T21:39:20.459Z

Link: CVE-2026-82018

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-09-02T18:46:39.046Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2026-08-28T22:16:55.217

Modified: 2026-09-24T20:44:42.207

Link: CVE-2026-82018

cve-icon Redhat

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