CVE-2020-10648

high
Published 2020-03-19 · Modified 2026-05-12
CVSS v3
7.8
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS v2
6.8
VIR risk
7.8

Description

Das U-Boot through 2020.01 allows attackers to bypass verified boot restrictions and subsequently boot arbitrary images by providing a crafted FIT image to a system configured to boot the default configuration.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
75%
Patch ETA

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2020-10648

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: suse — https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-10648.html

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: cve@mitre.org — https://github.com/u-boot/u-boot/commits/master

OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
arch archfixed2020.04-1
suse slesaffected
suse suse15.2affected
debian debianbookwormfixed2020.04+dfsg-1
debian debianbullseyefixed2020.04+dfsg-1
debian debianforkyfixed2020.04+dfsg-1
debian debiansidfixed2020.04+dfsg-1
debian debiantrixiefixed2020.04+dfsg-1

Application impact

VendorProductVersionsFixed
denxu-boot{"endExcluding":"2018.03"}2018.03
denxu-boot2020.01

References

CWEs

CWE-20

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.