Red Hat Security Advisory: bubblewrap and flatpak security update
Affects Red HatSource GCVE Database
Not known to be exploited.
Data as of 5 Nov 2026, 17:03 UTC
Rated by Threat Radar · No CVSS score from NVD or the CNA
Exploitation evidence
Disclosed: evidence found.
CVE published 5 Sep 2024
Detectable: no evidence on record.
No public nuclei template indexed
Weaponized: 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 5 Nov 2026.
What to do
AI-suggested
Red Hat has released updated packages for bubblewrap and flatpak for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 that address this vulnerability. Users should apply these official updates as described in the Red Hat advisory (https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258) to remediate the issue. No additional mitigation steps are indicated by the vendor.
Description
A security vulnerability (CVE-2024-42472) affecting bubblewrap and flatpak on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 allows applications using the persistent= (--persist) option to access files outside their sandbox. Bubblewrap is a core execution engine for unprivileged containers that operates as a setuid binary on kernels without user namespaces. This issue has been rated as important by Red Hat Product Security. An update addressing this vulnerability is available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.