barebox is a bootloader. In barebox from version 2016.03.0 to before version 2025.09.3 and from version 2025.10.0 to before version 2026.03.1, when creating a FIT, 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 can therefore be modified by an attacker to trick the bootloader into booting different images than those that have been verified. This issue has been patched in barebox versions 2025.09.3 and 2026.03.1.
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Description barebox is a bootloader. In barebox from version 2016.03.0 to before version 2025.09.3 and from version 2025.10.0 to before version 2026.03.1, when creating a FIT, 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 can therefore be modified by an attacker to trick the bootloader into booting different images than those that have been verified. This issue has been patched in barebox versions 2025.09.3 and 2026.03.1.
Title barebox: FIT Signature Verification Bypass Vulnerability
Weaknesses CWE-345
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 8.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H'}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: GitHub_M

Published: 2026-03-20T22:51:15.938Z

Updated: 2026-03-20T22:51:15.938Z

Reserved: 2026-03-18T02:42:27.509Z

Link: CVE-2026-33243

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2026-03-20T23:16:47.167

Modified: 2026-03-23T14:32:02.800

Link: CVE-2026-33243

cve-icon Redhat

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