Amazon Linux 2 — rear — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide
🟡 Medium ⏱ 10–30 min Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: Amazon Linux 2 📖 ~4 min read • Source: Amazon Linux advisory ALAS2-2024-2451 Related CVEs: CVE-2024-23301 Upstream summary: Relax-and-Recover (aka ReaR) through 2.7 creates a world-readable initrd when using GRUB_RESCUE=y. This allows local attackers to gain access to system secrets otherwise only […]