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CVE-2024-42472VulnerabilityPublished Updated

Red Hat Security Advisory: bubblewrap and flatpak security update

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Not known to be exploited.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026, 17:05 UTC

Severity
High

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

Exploitation evidence

  1. Disclosed: evidence found.

    CVE published 4 Sep 2024

  2. Detectable: no evidence on record.

    No public nuclei template indexed

  3. Weaponized: 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 5 Nov 2026.

What to do

AI-suggested

Red Hat has published an official security advisory (RHSA-2024:6357) with updated packages for bubblewrap and flatpak to address this vulnerability. Users of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.0 Update Services for SAP Solutions should apply the provided updates promptly as detailed in the Red Hat article https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258. No additional mitigation steps are indicated beyond applying the official patches.

Description

A security vulnerability (CVE-2024-42472) affects bubblewrap and flatpak in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.0 Update Services for SAP Solutions. The flaw allows applications using the persistent= (--persist) option in flatpak to access files outside their sandbox. Bubblewrap is a core execution engine for unprivileged containers, operating as a setuid binary on kernels without user namespaces. Red Hat has issued an important security advisory with updates to address this issue.

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