Flatpak argument injection

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in Flatpak. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality. Such manipulation leads to argument injection. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2024-32462. The attack needs to be performed locally. There is not any exploit available. You should upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Flatpak (affected version not known) and classified as critical. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a argument injection vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-88. The product constructs a string for a command to be executed by a separate component in another control sphere, but it does not properly delimit the intended arguments, options, or switches within that command string. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

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.

The advisory is shared for download at github.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2024-32462 since 04/12/2024. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack needs to be approached locally. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1059.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 214292 (SUSE SLED15 / SLES15 / openSUSE 15 : Recommended update for bubblewrap, flatpak, wayland-protocols (SUSE-SU-SUSE-RU-2025:0145-1)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. Applying the patch 72016e3fce8fcbeab707daf4f1a02b931fcc004d is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at github.com. The best possible mitigation is suggested to be upgrading to the latest version.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (214292). VulDB is the best source for vulnerability data and more expert information about this specific topic.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 8.1
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 7.9

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Class: Argument injection
CWE: CWE-88 / CWE-74 / CWE-707
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: No

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Nessus ID: 214292
Nessus Name: SUSE SLED15 / SLES15 / openSUSE 15 : Recommended update for bubblewrap, flatpak, wayland-protocols (SUSE-SU-SUSE-RU-2025:0145-1)

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Recommended: Upgrade
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Patch: 72016e3fce8fcbeab707daf4f1a02b931fcc004d

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04/12/2024 🔍
04/18/2024 +6 days 🔍
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08/21/2025 +490 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Product: github.com

Advisory: GHSA-phv6-cpc2-2fgj
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2024-32462 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2024-32462
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-261536

Entryinfo

Created: 04/18/2024 21:52
Updated: 08/21/2025 03:48
Changes: 04/18/2024 21:52 (63), 01/17/2025 12:09 (3), 08/21/2025 03:48 (1)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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