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High RHSA-2024:3980 1 CVE

Red Hat Security Advisory: flatpak security update

Published Sep 16, 2024 · Updated Jun 26, 2026

Fixed packages 20

ReleasePackageFixed in
Red Hat · RHEL 7 enterprise_linux:7::client flatpak 0:1.0.9-13.el7_9
Red Hat · RHEL 7 enterprise_linux:7::client flatpak-builder 0:1.0.0-13.el7_9
Red Hat · RHEL 7 enterprise_linux:7::client flatpak-debuginfo 0:1.0.9-13.el7_9
Red Hat · RHEL 7 enterprise_linux:7::client flatpak-devel 0:1.0.9-13.el7_9
Red Hat · RHEL 7 enterprise_linux:7::client flatpak-libs 0:1.0.9-13.el7_9
Red Hat · RHEL 7 enterprise_linux:7::computenode flatpak 0:1.0.9-13.el7_9
Red Hat · RHEL 7 enterprise_linux:7::computenode flatpak-builder 0:1.0.0-13.el7_9
Red Hat · RHEL 7 enterprise_linux:7::computenode flatpak-debuginfo 0:1.0.9-13.el7_9
Red Hat · RHEL 7 enterprise_linux:7::computenode flatpak-devel 0:1.0.9-13.el7_9
Red Hat · RHEL 7 enterprise_linux:7::computenode flatpak-libs 0:1.0.9-13.el7_9
Red Hat · RHEL 7 enterprise_linux:7::server flatpak 0:1.0.9-13.el7_9
Red Hat · RHEL 7 enterprise_linux:7::server flatpak-builder 0:1.0.0-13.el7_9
Red Hat · RHEL 7 enterprise_linux:7::server flatpak-debuginfo 0:1.0.9-13.el7_9
Red Hat · RHEL 7 enterprise_linux:7::server flatpak-devel 0:1.0.9-13.el7_9
Red Hat · RHEL 7 enterprise_linux:7::server flatpak-libs 0:1.0.9-13.el7_9
Red Hat · RHEL 7 enterprise_linux:7::workstation flatpak 0:1.0.9-13.el7_9
Red Hat · RHEL 7 enterprise_linux:7::workstation flatpak-builder 0:1.0.0-13.el7_9
Red Hat · RHEL 7 enterprise_linux:7::workstation flatpak-debuginfo 0:1.0.9-13.el7_9
Red Hat · RHEL 7 enterprise_linux:7::workstation flatpak-devel 0:1.0.9-13.el7_9
Red Hat · RHEL 7 enterprise_linux:7::workstation flatpak-libs 0:1.0.9-13.el7_9

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 …

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_3980.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