CVE-2020-5291

Source
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-5291
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2020-5291.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2020-5291
Downstream
Related
Published
2020-03-31T18:15:26Z
Modified
2025-10-30T00:45:38.730852Z
Severity
  • 7.8 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
Summary
[none]
Details

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.

References

Affected packages

Git / github.com/containers/bubblewrap

Affected ranges

Type
GIT
Repo
https://github.com/containers/bubblewrap
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced commit / All previous commits are affected
Fixed

Affected versions

0.*

0.1.2

v0.*

v0.1.0
v0.1.1
v0.1.3
v0.1.4
v0.1.5
v0.1.7
v0.1.8
v0.2.0
v0.2.1
v0.3.0
v0.3.1
v0.3.2
v0.3.3
v0.4.0

Git / github.com/projectatomic/bubblewrap

Affected ranges

Type
GIT
Repo
https://github.com/projectatomic/bubblewrap
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced commit / All previous commits are affected
Fixed

Affected versions

0.*

0.1.2

v0.*

v0.1.0
v0.1.1
v0.1.3
v0.1.4
v0.1.5
v0.1.7
v0.1.8
v0.2.0
v0.2.1
v0.3.0
v0.3.1
v0.3.2
v0.3.3
v0.4.0