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CVE-2024-42472VulnerabilityPublished Updated

Red Hat Security Advisory: flatpak security update

Affects Red Hat flatpakSource GCVE Database

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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 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.

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