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CVE-2024-32462 Detail

Description

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.


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URL Source(s) Tag(s)
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/04/18/5 CVE, GitHub, Inc. Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 
https://github.com/flatpak/flatpak/commit/72016e3fce8fcbeab707daf4f1a02b931fcc004d CVE, GitHub, Inc. Patch 
https://github.com/flatpak/flatpak/commit/81abe2a37d363f5099c3d0bdcd0caad6efc5bf97 CVE, GitHub, Inc. Patch 
https://github.com/flatpak/flatpak/commit/b7c1a558e58aaeb1d007d29529bbb270dc4ff11e CVE, GitHub, Inc. Patch 
https://github.com/flatpak/flatpak/commit/bbab7ed1e672356d1a78b422462b210e8e875931 CVE, GitHub, Inc. Patch 
https://github.com/flatpak/flatpak/security/advisories/GHSA-phv6-cpc2-2fgj CVE, GitHub, Inc. Vendor Advisory 
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/IB6VQAF5S2YOBULDHPUKPOEIKONOP5KO/ CVE, GitHub, Inc. Mailing List 
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/ZFNSCFJVMAQK5AF55JBN7OSJP3CREDBD/ CVE, GitHub, Inc. Mailing List 

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-88 Improper Neutralization of Argument Delimiters in a Command ('Argument Injection') GitHub, Inc.  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2024-32462
NVD Published Date:
04/18/2024
NVD Last Modified:
08/20/2025
Source:
GitHub, Inc.