RHSA-2026:85309 — Security Advisory
Red Hat Security Advisory: bubblewrap security update
Severity
ImportantRed Hat Product Security
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Official CSAF product identity
Published · October 20, 2026
Updated · November 2, 2026
Topic
An update for bubblewrap 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):
- bubblewrap: symlink traversal via /oldroot allows writing files outside sandbox during setup (CVE-2026-87766)
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.