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CVE-2024-42472VulnerabilityPublished Updated

Red Hat Security Advisory: bubblewrap and flatpak security update

Affects Red HatSource GCVE Database

0

Not known to be exploited : upgrade to 9.6.0 soon.

Data as of 25 Oct 2026, 19:02 UTC

Severity
High

Rated by Threat Radar · No CVSS score from NVD or the CNA

EPSS
1.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days – higher than 69% of CVEsExploit Prediction Scoring System: the likelihood attackers will use this flaw soon.
Patch
Available – fixed in 9.6.0, 9.8.0

Exploitation evidence

  1. Disclosed: evidence found.

    CVE published 12 Nov 2024

  2. Detectable: no evidence on record.

    No public nuclei template indexed

  3. Weaponised: no evidence on record.

    No public exploit code indexed in Metasploit or Exploit-DB

  4. Exploited in the wild: no evidence on record.

    Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation

  5. Observed by OffSeq Mirage: no evidence on record.

    No attack traffic recorded by OffSeq Mirage sensors

A missing step is not evidence of safety. Sources: cve.org (opens in a new tab), the Metasploit, Exploit-DB and nuclei-templates index as of 2026-10-25.

What to do

Upgrade redhat/bubblewrap to 9.6.0; redhat/flatpak to 9.8.0.

Affected software

ProductAffectedFixed in
Red Hatredhat/bubblewrappkg:rpm/redhat/bubblewrapOther threatsAffected
  • <9.6.0
Fixed in
  • 9.6.0
Red Hatredhat/flatpakpkg:rpm/redhat/flatpakOther threatsAffected
  • <9.8.0
Fixed in
  • 9.8.0

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AI-suggested

Red Hat has issued an official security update that addresses this vulnerability. Users of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 should apply the provided bubblewrap and flatpak updates as detailed in the Red Hat advisory RHSA-2024:9449. Refer to https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258 for update instructions. Since a patch is available, applying the update is the recommended mitigation.

Description

CVE-2024-42472 is a security vulnerability in bubblewrap and flatpak on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 that allows applications using the persistent= (--persist) option in flatpak to access files outside their sandbox, potentially breaking container isolation. Bubblewrap is a core execution engine for unprivileged containers and runs as a setuid binary on kernels without user namespaces. Red Hat has issued an important security update to address this issue.

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