Description
A flaw was found in bubblewrap. During sandbox setup, creating files or directories under the new root can follow a parent symlink onto the host via /oldroot, writing attacker-chosen paths outside the sandbox as the launching user. This happens before the sandboxed process starts. This issue is GHSA-pxhw-h44j-8pfx. It is fixed in bubblewrap 0.12.0.
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Remediation
Vendor Workaround
Do not create files on untrusted content with unpatched bwrap. Do not install untrusted Flatpaks. No upstream fix for older setuid builds.
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History
Wed, 09 Sep 2026 08:45:00 +0000
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| Description | A flaw was found in bubblewrap. During sandbox setup, creating files or directories under the new root can follow a parent symlink onto the host via /oldroot, writing attacker-chosen paths outside the sandbox as the launching user. This happens before the sandboxed process starts. This issue is GHSA-pxhw-h44j-8pfx. It is fixed in bubblewrap 0.12.0. | |
| Title | Bubblewrap: bubblewrap: symlink traversal via /oldroot allows writing files outside sandbox during setup | |
| First Time appeared |
Redhat
Redhat enterprise Linux Redhat hummingbird |
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| Weaknesses | CWE-59 | |
| CPEs | cpe:/a:redhat:hummingbird:1 cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:10 cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8 cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9 |
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| Vendors & Products |
Redhat
Redhat enterprise Linux Redhat hummingbird |
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| Metrics |
cvssV3_1
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: redhat
Published:
Updated: 2026-09-09T08:54:45.253Z
Reserved: 2026-09-09T08:08:33.568Z
Link: CVE-2026-87766
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