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5.7 Medium

CVE-2026-97029 Flatpak: flatpak: sandboxed app can signal unsandboxed processes in the same process group

Description

Flatpak's process ID namespace separation does not prevent a sandboxed app's kill(0, signal) or killpg(0, signal) calls from reaching processes outside the sandbox that share the same process group. A malicious or compromised Flatpak app can use this to cause denial of service by terminating processes outside its sandbox, such as the desktop shell.

CVSS 3.1 detail

Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Exploitable remotely over the network, with an ordinary account and if a user takes an action; an attacker can seriously compromise confidentiality, integrity or availability.

Attack vector
Network
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
Low
Interaction
Required
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High

Affected products and versions

Product Affected versions Fixed in
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 Versions not published
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Versions not published
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 Versions not published
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 Versions not published
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