CVE-2026-97029

Flatpak: flatpak: sandboxed app can signal unsandboxed processes in the same process group

State
Published
Severity
5.7 Medium
Published
Sep 29, 2026
Updated
Sep 29, 2026
Reserved
Sep 23, 2026

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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.

Scores

CVSSScoreVectorSource
3.15.7 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:Hredhat

Weaknesses

  • CWE-653 Improper Isolation or Compartmentalization

Affected Products

ProductVersions
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10Red Hat
    Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Red Hat
      Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Red Hat
        Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9Red Hat

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