High severity8.8OSV Advisory· Published Feb 2, 2018· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2018-6560
CVE-2018-6560
Description
In dbus-proxy/flatpak-proxy.c in Flatpak before 0.8.9, and 0.9.x and 0.10.x before 0.10.3, crafted D-Bus messages to the host can be used to break out of the sandbox, because whitespace handling in the proxy is not identical to whitespace handling in the daemon.
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References
4- github.com/flatpak/flatpak/commit/52346bf187b5a7f1c0fe9075b328b7ad6abe78f6nvdPatchVendor Advisory
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2766nvdThird Party Advisory
- github.com/flatpak/flatpak/releases/tag/0.10.3nvdRelease Notes
- github.com/flatpak/flatpak/releases/tag/0.8.9nvdRelease Notes
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