CVE-2026-87766
Description
A flaw was found in bubblewrap. During sandbox setup, creating files or directories under the new root can follow a parent symlink onto the host via /oldroot, writing attacker-chosen paths outside the sandbox as the launching user. This happens before the sandboxed process starts. This issue is GHSA-pxhw-h44j-8pfx. It is fixed in bubblewrap 0.12.0.
Predictions
Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
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References
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-87766
- https://bugs.debian.org/1145655
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2530542
- https://github.com/containers/bubblewrap/releases/tag/v0.12.0
- https://github.com/containers/bubblewrap/security/advisories/GHSA-pxhw-h44j-8pfx
- https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/08/27/7
CWEs
CWE-59
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.