RHSA-2024:6418 — Security Advisory

Red Hat Security Advisory: bubblewrap and flatpak security update

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Severity

Important

Red Hat Product Security

RHEL 8

Products

Official CSAF product identity

Published · September 5, 2024

Updated · October 22, 2026

Topic

An update for bubblewrap and flatpak is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 Advanced Mission Critical Update Support, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 Update Services for SAP Solutions, and Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 Telecommunications Update Service.

Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Important. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE link(s) in the References section.

Description

Bubblewrap (/usr/bin/bwrap) is a core execution engine for unprivileged containers that works as a setuid binary on kernels without user namespaces.

Security Fix(es):

  • flatpak: Access to files outside sandbox for apps using persistent= (--persist) (CVE-2024-42472)

For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Related CVEs

RHSA-2024:6418 — Red Hat Security Advisory: bubblewrap and flatpak security update | PulseLinux