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Critical
CVE-2020-17368
Firejail through 0.9.62 mishandles shell metacharacters during use of the...
Vulnerability Description
Firejail through 0.9.62 mishandles shell metacharacters during use of the --output or --output-stderr option, which may lead to command injection.
Impact Analysis
Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.
Remediation
Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.
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Credits & Attribution
No credits recorded in the NVD database.
References
- https://github.com/netblue30/firejail/
- https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4742
- https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4743
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-08/msg00036.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/08/msg00033.html
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/W66IR5YT4KG464SKEMQN2NP2LGATGEGS/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/JFXN3JJG4DIMN4TAHOTKFMS7SGM4EOTR/
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202101-02
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Affected Vendor
firejail project
View all reports →Affected Software
firejail, debian linux, fedora, leap
Vulnerable Versions:
0, 9.0, 10.0, 31, 32, 15.2
Timeline
Official Publish:
August 11th, 2020
Last Modified:
August 4th, 2024
Added to House:
July 21st, 2026
CVSS Vectors
V3:
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weaknesses (CWE)
No CWE data available
MITRE ATT&CK TTPs
No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.