RCE in Firejail Project
CVE-2020-17368
Firejail through 0.9.62 mishandles shell metacharacters during use of the --output or --output-stderr option, which may lead to command injection.
Vulnerability class: Command Injection (OS Command Injection)
Published · last modified .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.041 (90.4th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 90th percentile — 90.4% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.041 · newest: 0.041 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Firejail Project
- Debian Linux — versions 9.0, 10.0
- Fedoraproject Fedora — versions 31, 32
- openSUSE Leap — versions 15.2
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- github.com/netblue30/firejail/ (Third Party Advisory)
- www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4742 (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4743 (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-08/msg00036.html (vendor-advisory, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/08/msg00033.html (mailing-list, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/… (vendor-advisory)
- lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/… (vendor-advisory)
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/202101-02 (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2020-17368?
- CVE-2020-17368 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Firejail Project, classified under OS Command Injection. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2020-08-11.
- How severe is CVE-2020-17368?
- Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.
- Is CVE-2020-17368 known to be exploited?
- 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.