Red Hat Security Advisory: bubblewrap and flatpak security update
Affects Red HatSource GCVE Database
Not known to be exploited : upgrade to 9.6.0 soon.
Data as of 25 Oct 2026, 19:02 UTC
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
Disclosed: evidence found.
CVE published 12 Nov 2024
Detectable: no evidence on record.
No public nuclei template indexed
Weaponised: no evidence on record.
No public exploit code indexed in Metasploit or Exploit-DB
Exploited in the wildExploited: no evidence on record.
Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation
Observed by OffSeq MirageSeen by 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
| Product | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
Red Hatredhat/bubblewrappkg:rpm/redhat/bubblewrapOther threats | Affected
| Fixed in
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Red Hatredhat/flatpakpkg:rpm/redhat/flatpakOther threats | Affected
| Fixed in
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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.
References
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:9449 (opens in a new tab)
- access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/ (opens in a new tab)
- security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/advisories/2024/rhsa-2024_9449.json (opens in a new tab)
- suse.com/support/security/rating/ (opens in a new tab)
- ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/csaf/rhsa-2024_9449.json (opens in a new tab)
- lists.suse.com/pipermail/suse-liberty-linux-updates/2024-November/000606.html (opens in a new tab)
- suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-42472/ (opens in a new tab)