bubblewrap.c in Bubblewrap before 0.3.3 misuses temporary directories in /tmp as a mount point.
CVE-2019-12439
bubblewrap.c in Bubblewrap before 0.3.3 misuses temporary directories in /tmp as a mount point. In some particular configurations (related to XDGRUNTIMEDIR), a local attacker may abuse this flaw to prevent other users from executing bubblewrap or potentially execute code.
Assessment
- CVSS
- 7.4 (v3.0)
- Severity
- High
- EPSS
- 0.58% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
- Known exploited
- Not listed in CISA KEV
- Exploit availability
- Nothing found in Exploit-DB, Metasploit, Nuclei or public PoC repositories
- Published
- 29 May 2019
- Last updated
- 2 November 2026
- Assigner
- mitre
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.0/AC:H/AV:L/A:H/C:H/I:H/PR:N/S:U/UI:N
At the source
References
- https://github.com/projectatomic/bubblewrap/issues/304
- https://github.com/projectatomic/bubblewrap/commit/efc89e3b939b4bde42c10f065f6b7b02958ed50e
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1695963
- https://github.com/projectatomic/bubblewrap/releases/tag/v0.3.3
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-06/msg00028.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-07/msg00015.html
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:1833
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202006-18
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