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High RHSA-2024:3979 1 CVE

Red Hat Security Advisory: flatpak security update

Published Sep 16, 2024 · Updated Mar 18, 2026

Ecosystem: Red Hat

Fixed packages 9

ReleasePackageFixed in
Red Hat · RHEL 8.2 AUS rhel_aus:8.2::appstream flatpak 0:1.6.2-7.el8_2
Red Hat · RHEL 8.2 AUS rhel_aus:8.2::appstream flatpak-debuginfo 0:1.6.2-7.el8_2
Red Hat · RHEL 8.2 AUS rhel_aus:8.2::appstream flatpak-debugsource 0:1.6.2-7.el8_2
Red Hat · RHEL 8.2 AUS rhel_aus:8.2::appstream flatpak-libs 0:1.6.2-7.el8_2
Red Hat · RHEL 8.2 AUS rhel_aus:8.2::appstream flatpak-libs-debuginfo 0:1.6.2-7.el8_2
Red Hat · RHEL 8.2 AUS rhel_aus:8.2::appstream flatpak-selinux 0:1.6.2-7.el8_2
Red Hat · RHEL 8.2 AUS rhel_aus:8.2::appstream flatpak-session-helper 0:1.6.2-7.el8_2
Red Hat · RHEL 8.2 AUS rhel_aus:8.2::appstream flatpak-session-helper-debuginfo 0:1.6.2-7.el8_2
Red Hat · RHEL 8.2 AUS rhel_aus:8.2::appstream flatpak-tests-debuginfo 0:1.6.2-7.el8_2

Vulnerabilities 1

  • High 8.4
    CVE-2024-32462 Public exploit

    Flatpak vulnerable to a sandbox escape via RequestBackground portal due to bad argument parsing

    Flatpak is a system for building, distributing, and running sandboxed desktop applications on Linux. in versions before 1.10.9, 1.12.9, 1.14.6, and 1.15.8, a malicious or compromised Flatpak app could execute arbitrary code outside its sandbox. Normally, the …

    Flatpak Flatpak flatpak flatpak Debian Ubuntu Alpine

References

  • article
    https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important
  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2275981
  • advisory
    https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/advisories/2024/rhsa-2024_3979.json
  • report
    https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-32462
  • advisory
    https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-32462
  • advisory
    https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-32462
  • article
    https://github.com/flatpak/flatpak/security/advisories/GHSA-phv6-cpc2-2fgj