Red Hat Security Advisory: bubblewrap security update
Affects Red Hat bubblewrapSource GCVE Database
Not known to be exploited · CVSS 8.8 High : upgrade Red Hat bubblewrap to 0.12.0 soon.
Data as of 2 Nov 2026, 14:29 UTC
Thin evidence
One scorer or none| CNA (redhat) | CVSS 3.1 | 8.8 |
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- Patch
- Available – fixed in 0.12.0
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:HExploitation evidence
Disclosed: evidence found.
CVE published 9 Sep 2026
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 2 Nov 2026.
What to do
Upgrade containers/bubblewrap to 0.12.0.
Affected software
| Product | Affected | Fixed in |
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GitHubcontainers/bubblewrappkg:github/containers/bubblewrapOther threats | Affected
| Fixed in
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Description
Bubblewrap (/usr/bin/bwrap) is a core execution engine for unprivileged containers that works as a setuid binary on kernels without user namespaces. Security Fix(es): * bubblewrap: symlink traversal via /oldroot allows writing files outside sandbox during setup (CVE-2026-87766) For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.