DEBIAN-CVE-2026-33243

Source
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2026-33243
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2026-33243.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/DEBIAN-CVE-2026-33243
Upstream
Withdrawn
2026-05-14T02:01:31Z
Published
2026-03-20T23:16:47Z
Modified
2026-05-14T02:01:31Z
Severity
  • 8.2 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
Summary
[none]
Details

barebox is a bootloader. In barebox from version 2016.03.0 to before version 2026.03.1 (and the corresponding backport to 2025.09.3), an attacker could exploit a FIT signature verification vulnerability to trick the bootloader into booting different images than those that were verified as part of a signed configuration. mkimage(1) sets the hashed-nodes property of the FIT signature node to list which nodes of the FIT were hashed as part of the signing process as these will need to be verified later on by the bootloader. However, hashed-nodes itself is not part of the hash and could therefore be modified to allow booting different images than those that have been verified. This issue has been patched in barebox versions 2026.03.1 and backported to 2025.09.3.

References

Affected packages

Debian:11 / u-boot

Package

Name
u-boot
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/u-boot?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

2021.*
2021.01+dfsg-5
2021.01+dfsg-5+deb11u1
2021.01+dfsg-5+deb11u2
2021.04~rc3+dfsg-1
2021.04~rc4+dfsg-1
2021.07~rc4+dfsg-1
2021.07+dfsg-1
2021.07+dfsg-2
2021.10~rc5+dfsg-1
2021.10+dfsg-1
2022.*
2022.01~rc2+dfsg-1
2022.01~rc4+dfsg-1
2022.01+dfsg-1
2022.01+dfsg-2
2022.04~rc2+dfsg-1
2022.04~rc4+dfsg-1
2022.04+dfsg-1
2022.04+dfsg-2
2022.07~rc3+dfsg-1
2022.07~rc3+dfsg-2
2022.07~rc4+dfsg-1
2022.07+dfsg-1
2022.10~rc2+dfsg-1
2022.10~rc2+dfsg-2
2022.10+dfsg-1
2022.10+dfsg-2
2023.*
2023.01~rc2+dfsg-1
2023.01~rc3+dfsg-1
2023.01~rc4+dfsg-1
2023.01~rc4+dfsg-2
2023.01+dfsg-1
2023.01+dfsg-2
2023.04~rc2+dfsg-1
2023.04~rc5+dfsg-1
2023.04+dfsg-1
2023.07~rc4+dfsg-1
2023.07~rc5+dfsg-1
2023.07+dfsg-1
2024.*
2024.01~rc6+dfsg-1
2024.01~rc6+dfsg-2
2024.01+dfsg-1
2024.01+dfsg-2
2024.01+dfsg-3
2024.01+dfsg-4
2024.01+dfsg-5
2024.01+dfsg-6
2024.01+dfsg-7
2025.*
2025.01-1
2025.01-2
2025.01-3
2025.01-3.1

Ecosystem specific

{
    "urgency":  "not yet assigned"
}

Database specific

source
"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2026-33243.json"

Debian:12 / u-boot

Package

Name
u-boot
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/u-boot?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

2023.*
2023.01+dfsg-2
2023.01+dfsg-2+deb12u1
2023.01+dfsg-2+deb12u2
2023.04~rc2+dfsg-1
2023.04~rc5+dfsg-1
2023.04+dfsg-1
2023.07~rc4+dfsg-1
2023.07~rc5+dfsg-1
2023.07+dfsg-1
2024.*
2024.01~rc6+dfsg-1
2024.01~rc6+dfsg-2
2024.01+dfsg-1
2024.01+dfsg-2
2024.01+dfsg-3
2024.01+dfsg-4
2024.01+dfsg-5
2024.01+dfsg-6
2024.01+dfsg-7
2025.*
2025.01-1
2025.01-2
2025.01-3
2025.01-3.1

Ecosystem specific

{
    "urgency":  "not yet assigned"
}

Database specific

source
"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2026-33243.json"

Debian:13 / u-boot

Package

Name
u-boot
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/u-boot?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

2025.*
2025.01-3
2025.01-3.1

Ecosystem specific

{
    "urgency":  "not yet assigned"
}

Database specific

source
"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2026-33243.json"

Debian:14 / u-boot

Package

Name
u-boot
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/u-boot?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

2025.*
2025.01-3
2025.01-3.1

Ecosystem specific

{
    "urgency":  "not yet assigned"
}

Database specific

source
"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2026-33243.json"