CVE-2023-28101 — Flatpak is a system for building, distributing, and running sandboxed desktop ap
Flatpak is a system for building, distributing, and running sandboxed desktop applications on Linux. In versions prior to 1.10.8, 1.12.8, 1.14.4, and 1.15.4, if an attacker publishes a Flatpak app with elevated permissions, they can hide those permissions from users of the `flatp
Published
2023-03-16T15:55:53.576Z
Last modified
2025-02-25T14:55:35.911Z
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:N
01What is this vulnerability?
Flatpak is a system for building, distributing, and running sandboxed desktop applications on Linux. In versions prior to 1.10.8, 1.12.8, 1.14.4, and 1.15.4, if an attacker publishes a Flatpak app with elevated permissions, they can hide those permissions from users of the `flatpak(1)` command-line interface by setting other permissions to crafted values that contain non-printable control…
02Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|
| flatpak | flatpak | < 1.10.8, >= 1.12.0, < 1.12.8, >= 1.14.0, < 1.14.4, >= 1.15.0, < 1.15.4 |
03Active exploitation status
Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.
04Recommended remediation
- Patch to a fixed version listed in the vendor advisory (see references below).
- Mitigate with WAF rules, network egress filters, or feature flags where the patch is not yet available.
- Hunt historical logs for exploitation indicators — see Detection signatures below.
05Technical details
For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.
06Detection signatures
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07Related CVEs
No directly-cited follow-up CVEs in the KB record for this advisory. The references list in section 09 carries the vendor cross-references.
08Timeline
- Published: 2023-03-16T15:55:53.576Z
- Last modified: 2025-02-25T14:55:35.911Z
09References
- github.com — https://github.com/flatpak/flatpak/security/advisories/GHSA-h43h-fwqx-mpp8
- github.com — https://github.com/flatpak/flatpak/commit/409e34187de2b2b2c4ef34c79f417be698830f…
- github.com — https://github.com/flatpak/flatpak/commit/6cac99dafe6003c8a4bd5666341c2178765368…
- github.com — https://github.com/flatpak/flatpak/commit/7fe63f2e8f1fd2dafc31d45154cf0b191ebec6…
- security.gentoo.org — https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202312-12
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