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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, 17:04 UTC

Severity
High

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

Exploitation evidence

  1. Disclosed: evidence found.

    CVE published 5 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 released updated packages for bubblewrap and flatpak as part of the RHSA-2024:6420 advisory. Users of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.2 AUS should apply these official security updates promptly to remediate the vulnerability. Detailed instructions for applying the update are available at https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258. No additional mitigation steps are indicated by the vendor advisory.

Description

A security vulnerability (CVE-2024-42472) affecting bubblewrap and flatpak was addressed by Red Hat. 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 and operates as a setuid binary on kernels without user namespaces. Red Hat has issued an important security update for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.2 AUS to fix this issue.

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