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CVE-2026-87766VulnerabilityPublished Updated

Red Hat Security Advisory: bubblewrap security update

Affects Red Hat bubblewrapSource GCVE Database

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Authoritative record:CVE-2026-87766· High 8.8

Not known to be exploited · CVSS 8.8 High : upgrade the Red Hat redhat/bubblewrap package to 0.4.0-3.el8_6 soon.

Data as of 2 Nov 2026, 14:32 UTC

CVSS 3.1 base score
8.8High
How severe the flaw is on the 0–10 CVSS scale.

Thin evidence

One scorer or none
CVSS scores by source
CNA (redhat)CVSS 3.18.8
Patch
Available – fixed in 0.4.0-3.el8_6
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Exploitation evidence

  1. Disclosed: evidence found.

    CVE published 9 Sep 2026

  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 2 Nov 2026.

What to do

Upgrade the Red Hat redhat/bubblewrap package to 0.4.0-3.el8_6.

Affected software

ProductAffectedFixed in
Red Hatredhat/bubblewrappkg:rpm/redhat/bubblewrapOther threatsAffected
  • <0.4.0-3.el8_6
Fixed in
  • 0.4.0-3.el8_6

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AI-suggested

Red Hat has released an updated bubblewrap package (version 0.4.0-3.el8_6) for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 that fixes this vulnerability. Users should apply this official security update promptly. For detailed update instructions, refer to Red Hat's advisory and article at https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258. No additional mitigation steps are indicated beyond applying the update.

Description

A security vulnerability in bubblewrap, a core execution engine for unprivileged containers, allows symlink traversal via /oldroot, enabling writes outside the sandbox during setup. This issue affects Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 versions using bubblewrap as a setuid binary on kernels without user namespaces. Red Hat has issued an important security update to address this flaw.

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