The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2024:3979 advisory.

    Flatpak is a system for building, distributing, and running sandboxed desktop applications on Linux.

    Security Fix(es):

    * flatpak: sandbox escape via RequestBackground portal (CVE-2024-32462)

    For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and     other related information, refer the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Red Hat Enterprise Linux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote Oracle Linux 7 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ELSA-2024-3980 advisory.

    [1.0.9-13]
    - Fix CVE-2024-32462

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Oracle Linux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote SUSE Linux SLED15 / SLED_SAP15 / SLES15 / SLES_SAP15 / openSUSE 15 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the SUSE-SU-SUSE-RU-2025:0145-1 advisory.

    This update for bubblewrap, flatpak updates flatpak to 1.16.0.

    flatpak changes:

    - Update to version 1.16.0:

      - Bug fixes:

        - Update libglnx to 2024-12-06:

          . Fix an assertion failure if creating a parent directory             encounters a dangling symlink.
          . Fix a Meson warning.
          . Don't emit terminal progress indicator escape sequences by             default. They are interpreted as notifications by some             terminal emulators.
        - Fix introspection annotations in libflatpak.

      - Enhancements:

        - Add the FLATPAK_TTY_PROGRESS environment variable, which           re-enables the terminal progress indicator escape sequences           added in 1.15.91.
        - Document the FLATPAK_FANCY_OUTPUT environment variable, which           allows disabling the fancy formatting when outputting to a           terminal.

    Update to version 1.15.91 (unstable):

      - Enhancements:

        - Add the FLATPAK_DATA_DIR environment variable, which allows           overriding at runtime the data directory location that           Flatpak uses to search for configuration files such as           remotes. This is useful for running tests, and for when           installing using Flatpak in a chroot.
        - Add a FLATPAK_DOWNLOAD_TMPDIR variable. This allows using           download directories other than /var/tmp.
        - Emit progress escape sequence. This can be used by terminal           emulators to detect and display progress of Flatpak           operations on their graphical user interfaces.

      - Bug fixes:

        - Install missing test data. This should fix 'as-installed'           tests via ginsttest-runner, used for example in Debian's           autopkgtest framework.
        - Unify and improve how the Wayland socket is passed to the           sandboxed app. This should fix a regression that is triggered           by compositors that both implement the security-context-v1           protocol, and sets the WAYLAND_DISPLAY environment variable           when launching Flatpak apps.
        - Fix the plural form of a translatable string.

    Update to version 1.15.12:

      - Return to using the process ID of the Flatpak app in the cgroup         name. Using the instance ID in 1.15.11 caused crashes when         installing apps, extensions or runtimes that use the 'extra         data' mechanism, which does not set up an instance ID.

    Changes from version 1.15.11:

      - Dependencies:

        - In distributions that compile Flatpak to use a separate           xdg-dbus-proxy executable, version 0.1.6 is recommended (but           not required).
        - The minimum xdg-dbus-proxy continues to be 0.1.0.

      - Enhancements:

        - Allow applications like WebKit to connect the AT-SPI           accessibility tree of processes in a sub-sandbox with the           tree in the main process.
          . New sandboxing parameter flatpak run --a11y-own-name, which             is like --own-name but for the accessibility bus.
          . flatpak-portal API v7: add new sandbox-a11y-own-names             option, which accepts names matching ${FLATPAK_ID}.*           . Apps may call the org.a11y.atspi.Socket.Embedded method on             names matching ${FLATPAK_ID}.Sandboxed.* by default           . flatpak run -vv $app_id shows all applicable sandboxing             parameters and their source, including overrides, as debug             messages
        - Introduce USB device listing           . Apps can list which USB devices they want to access ahead             of time by using the --usb parameter. Check the manpages             for the more information about the accepted syntax.
          . Denying access to USB devices is also possible with the
            --no-usb parameter. The syntax is equal to --usb.
          . Both options merely store metadata, and aren't used by             Flatpak itself. This metadata is intended to be used by the             (as of now, still in progress) USB portal to decide which             devices the app can enumerate and request access.
        - Add support for KDE search completion
        - Use the instance id of the Flatpak app as part of the cgroup           name. This better matches the naming conventions for cgroup.

      - Bug fixes:

        - Update libglnx to 2024-08-23
        - fix build in environments that use -Werror=return-type, such           as openSUSE Tumbleweed
        - add a fallback definition for G_PID_FORMAT with older GLib
        - avoid warnings for g_steal_fd() with newer GLib
        - improve compatibility of g_closefrom() backport with newer           GLib
        - Update meson wrap file for xdg-dbus-proxy to version 0.1.6:
        - compatibility with D-Bus implementations that pipeline the           authentication handshake, such as sd-bus and zbus
        - compatibility with D-Bus implementations that use           non-consecutive serial numbers, such as godbus and zbus
        - broadcast signals can be allowed without having to add TALK           permission
        - fix memory leaks

      - Internal changes:

        - Better const-correctness
        - Fix a shellcheck warning in the tests

    - add weak dep on p11-kit-server for certificate transfer (boo#1188902)
    - disable parental controls for now by using '-Dmalcontent=disabled', to work around       issues with xdg-desktop-portal

    Update to version 1.14.10:

      - Dependencies: In distributions that compile Flatpak to use a         separate bubblewrap (bwrap) executable, either version 0.10.0,         version 0.6.x  0.6.3, or a version with a backport of the
        --bind-fd option is required. These versions add a new feature         which is required by the security fix in this release.
      - Security fixes: Don't follow symbolic links when mounting         persistent directories (--persist option). This prevents a         sandbox escape where a malicious or compromised app could edit         the symlink to point to a directory that the app should not have         been allowed to read or write. (bsc#1229157, CVE-2024-42472,         GHSA-7hgv-f2j8-xw87)
      - Documentation: Mark the 1.12.x and 1.10.x branches as         end-of-life (#5352)
      - Version 1.14.9 was not released due to an incompatibility with         older versions of GLib. Version 1.14.10 replaces it.

    Update to version 1.14.8:

      - No changes. This release is rolling out to correct mismatching         submodule versions in the release tarball.

    Update to version 1.14.7:

      - New features: Automatically reload D-Bus session bus         configuration after installing or upgrading apps, to pick up         any exported D-Bus services (#3342)
      - Bug fixes:
        - Expand the list of environment variables that Flatpak apps do           not inherit from the host system (#5765, #5785)
        - Don't refuse to start apps when there is no D-Bus system bus           available (#5076)
        - Don't try to repeat migration of apps whose data was migrated           to a new name and then deleted (#5668)
        - Fix warnings from newer GLib versions (#5660)
        - Always set the container environment variable (#5610)
        - In flatpak ps, add xdg-desktop-portal-gnome to the list of           backends we'll use to learn which apps are running in the           background (#5729)
        - Avoid leaking a temporary variable from           /etc/profile.d/flatpak.sh into the shell environment (#5574)
        - Avoid undefined behaviour of signed left-shift when storing           object IDs in a hash table (#5738)
        - Fix Docbook validity in documentation (#5719)
        - Skip more tests when FUSE isn't available (#5611)
        - Fix a misleading comment in the test for CVE-2024-32462           (#5779)
      - Internal changes:
        - Fix Github Workflows recipes

    Update to version 1.14.6:

      - Security fixes:
        - Don't allow an executable name to be misinterpreted as a           command-line option for bwrap(1). This prevents a sandbox           escape where a malicious or compromised app could ask           xdg-desktop-portal to generate a .desktop file with access           to files outside the sandbox. (CVE-2024-32462, bsc#1223110)
      - Other bug fixes:
        - Don't parse <developer><name/></developer> as the application           name (#5700)

    bubblewrap changes:

    Update to 0.11.0:

     * New --overlay, --tmp-overlay, --ro-overlay and --overlay-src        options allow creation of overlay mounts. This feature is not        available when bubblewrap is installed setuid.
     * New --level-prefix option produces output that can be parsed        by tools like logger --prio-prefix and        systemd-cat --level-prefix=1
     * bug fixes and developer visible changes

    Update to version v0.10.0:

     * New features: Add the --[ro-]bind-fd option, which can be used        to mount a filesystem represented by a file descriptor without        time-of-check/time-of-use attacks. This is needed when        resolving security issue in Flatpak.
       (CVE-2024-42472, bsc#1229157)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the SUSE security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote Alibaba Cloud Linux 3 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ALINUX3-SA-2024:0127 advisory.

    Package updates are available for Alibaba Cloud Linux 3 that fix the following vulnerabilities:

    CVE-2024-32462:
    Flatpak is a system for building, distributing, and running sandboxed desktop applications on Linux. in     versions before 1.10.9, 1.12.9, 1.14.6, and 1.15.8, a malicious or compromised Flatpak app could execute     arbitrary code outside its sandbox. Normally, the `--command` argument of `flatpak run` expects to be     given a command to run in the specified Flatpak app, optionally along with some arguments. However it is     possible to instead pass `bwrap` arguments to `--command=`, such as `--bind`. It's possible to pass an     arbitrary `commandline` to the portal interface `org.freedesktop.portal.Background.RequestBackground` from     within a Flatpak app. When this is converted into a `--command` and arguments, it achieves the same effect     of passing arguments directly to `bwrap`, and thus can be used for a sandbox escape. The solution is to     pass the `--` argument to `bwrap`, which makes it stop processing options. This has been supported since     bubblewrap 0.3.0. All supported versions of Flatpak require at least that version of bubblewrap. xdg-     desktop-portal version 1.18.4 will mitigate this vulnerability by only allowing Flatpak apps to create     .desktop files for commands that do not start with --. The vulnerability is patched in 1.15.8, 1.10.9,     1.12.9, and 1.14.6.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Alibaba Cloud Linux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Published	Updated	Severity
200697	RHEL 8 : flatpak (RHSA-2024:3979)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	6/18/2024	11/7/2024	high
200699	Oracle Linux 7 : flatpak (ELSA-2024-3980)	Nessus	Oracle Linux Local Security Checks	6/18/2024	9/9/2025	high
214292	SUSE SLED15: bubblewrap / bubblewrap-zsh-completion / flatpak / flatpak-devel / etc (SUSE-SU-SUSE-RU-2025:0145-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	1/17/2025	6/26/2026	critical
236046	Alibaba Cloud Linux 3 : 0127: flatpak (ALINUX3-SA-2024:0127)	Nessus	Alibaba Cloud Linux Local Security Checks	5/14/2025	5/14/2025	high

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