Red Hat Security Advisory: flatpak security update
Affects Red Hat flatpakSource GCVE Database
Not known to be exploited.
Data as of 5 Nov 2026, 17:04 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 security updates for Flatpak in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Extended Lifecycle Support to address this vulnerability. Users should apply the provided updates (e.g., flatpak-1.0.9-15.el7_9) as detailed in Red Hat's advisory and article https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258. No additional mitigation steps are indicated by the vendor advisory.
Description
A security vulnerability (CVE-2024-42472) in Flatpak allows applications using the persistent= (--persist) option to access files outside their sandbox environment. This flaw affects Flatpak as used in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Extended Lifecycle Support. Red Hat has issued an important security update to address this issue.