RHSA-2024:9449 — Security Advisory
Red Hat Security Advisory: bubblewrap and flatpak security update
Severity
ImportantRed Hat Product Security
Products
Official CSAF product identity
Published · November 12, 2024
Updated · October 22, 2026
Topic
An update for bubblewrap and flatpak is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.
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.