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CVE-2024-32462

CVE-2024-32462 · Flatpak vulnerable to a sandbox escape via RequestBackground portal due to bad argument parsing

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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 `--command` argument of `flatpak run` expects to be given a command to run in the specified Flatpak app, optionally along with some arguments. However it is possible to instead pass `bwrap` arguments to `--command=`, such as `--bind`. It's possible to pass an arbitrary `commandline` to the portal interface `org.freedesktop.portal.Background.RequestBackground` from within a Flatpak app. When this is converted into a `--command` and arguments, it achieves the same effect of passing arguments directly to `bwrap`, and thus can be used for a sandbox escape. The solution is to pass the `--` argument to `bwrap`, which makes it stop processing options. This has been supported since bubblewrap 0.3.0. All supported versions of Flatpak require at least that version of bubblewrap. xdg-desktop-portal version 1.18.4 will mitigate this vulnerability by only allowing Flatpak apps to create .desktop files for commands that do not start with --. The vulnerability is patched in 1.15.8, 1.10.9, 1.12.9, and 1.14.6.

CVSS 8.4 · High · EPSS 0.5% · Fix available

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Updated

Stack: system

Affected products and versions

  • flatpak

    Versions
    • < 1.10.9: Affected
    • >= 1.12.0, < 1.12.9: Affected
    • >= 1.14.0, < 1.14.6: Affected
    • >= 1.15.0, < 1.15.8: Affected

    No fix published

  • flatpak Debian:12

    Versions
    • 1.14.4-1
    • 1.14.4-1+deb12u1~bpo11+1
    Affected ranges
    • ECOSYSTEM: < 1.14.4-1+deb12u1

    Update to 1.14.4-1+deb12u1

  • flatpak Debian:13

    Affected ranges
    • ECOSYSTEM: < 1.14.6-1

    Update to 1.14.6-1

  • flatpak Debian:14

    Affected ranges
    • ECOSYSTEM: < 1.14.6-1

    Update to 1.14.6-1

  • flatpak Ubuntu:Pro:18.04:LTS

    Versions
    • 0.8.7-5
    • 0.10.0-1
    • 0.10.0-2
    • 0.10.1-1
    • 0.10.2-1
    • 0.10.2.1-1
    • 0.10.2.1-2
    • 0.10.3-1
    • 0.11.1-0ubuntu1
    • 0.11.3-2
    • 0.11.3-3
    • 0.11.7-0ubuntu0.1
    • 1.0.1-0ubuntu0.1
    • 1.0.6-0ubuntu0.1
    • 1.0.7-0ubuntu0.18.04.1
    • 1.0.8-0ubuntu0.18.04.1
    • 1.0.9-0ubuntu0.1
    • 1.0.9-0ubuntu0.2
    • 1.0.9-0ubuntu0.3
    • 1.0.9-0ubuntu0.4
    • 1.0.9-0ubuntu0.4+esm1
    Affected ranges
    • ECOSYSTEM: (−∞, +∞)

    No fix published

  • flatpak Ubuntu:Pro:20.04:LTS

    Versions
    • 1.4.3-1
    • 1.6.0-1
    • 1.6.1-1
    • 1.6.2-1
    • 1.6.3-1
    • 1.6.5-0ubuntu0.1
    • 1.6.5-0ubuntu0.2
    • 1.6.5-0ubuntu0.3
    • 1.6.5-0ubuntu0.4
    • 1.6.5-0ubuntu0.5
    • 1.6.5-0ubuntu0.5+esm1
    Affected ranges
    • ECOSYSTEM: (−∞, +∞)

    No fix published

  • flatpak Ubuntu:Pro:22.04:LTS

    Versions
    • 1.10.2-3
    • 1.12.2-1
    • 1.12.2-2
    • 1.12.3-1
    • 1.12.4-1
    • 1.12.5-1
    • 1.12.6-1
    • 1.12.7-1
    • 1.12.7-1ubuntu0.1
    • 1.12.7-1ubuntu0.1+esm1
    Affected ranges
    • ECOSYSTEM: (−∞, +∞)

    No fix published

  • flatpak Ubuntu:24.04:LTS

    Versions
    • 1.14.4-2
    • 1.14.5-1
    • 1.14.5-1build1
    • 1.14.5-1build4
    • 1.14.5-1build5
    • 1.14.5-1build6
    Affected ranges
    • ECOSYSTEM: < 1.14.6-1

    Update to 1.14.6-1

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