CVE-2020-5291

HIGH

Bubblewrap <0.4.1 - Privilege Escalation

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

Bubblewrap (bwrap) before version 0.4.1, if installed in setuid mode and the kernel supports unprivileged user namespaces, then the `bwrap --userns2` option can be used to make the setuid process keep running as root while being traceable. This can in turn be used to gain root permissions. Note that this only affects the combination of bubblewrap in setuid mode (which is typically used when unprivileged user namespaces are not supported) and the support of unprivileged user namespaces. Known to be affected are: * Debian testing/unstable, if unprivileged user namespaces enabled (not default) * Debian buster-backports, if unprivileged user namespaces enabled (not default) * Arch if using `linux-hardened`, if unprivileged user namespaces enabled (not default) * Centos 7 flatpak COPR, if unprivileged user namespaces enabled (not default) This has been fixed in the 0.4.1 release, and all affected users should update.

Scores

CVSS v3 7.2
EPSS 0.0019
EPSS Percentile 40.7%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N

Details

CWE
CWE-269 CWE-648
Status published
Products (4)
archlinux/arch_linux
centos/centos 7.0
debian/debian_linux 10.0
projectatomic/bubblewrap < 0.4.1
Published Mar 31, 2020
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026