CVE-2020-17368
9.8
CRITICAL · CVSS 3.1 · EPSS 4.1% (pctl 90)
In your normal cycle
Critical by CVSS (9.8), but no sign of active exploitation.
Description
Firejail through 0.9.62 mishandles shell metacharacters during use of the --output or --output-stderr option, which may lead to command injection.
Scoring
| CVSS | 9.8 (CRITICAL, v3.1) |
|---|---|
| Vector | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| EPSS | 4.1% — more likely to be exploited than 90% of all CVEs |
| Weakness | CWE-78 |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | none known |
| Published | 2020-08-11 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-17 |
Affected (4)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| debian | debian linux |
| fedoraproject | fedora |
| firejail project | firejail |
| opensuse | leap |
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-08/msg00036.html
- https://github.com/netblue30/firejail/
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/08/msg00033.html
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/JFXN3JJG4DIMN4TAHOTKFMS7SGM4EOTR/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/W66IR5YT4KG464SKEMQN2NP2LGATGEGS/
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202101-02
- 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://github.com/netblue30/firejail/
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/08/msg00033.html
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/JFXN3JJG4DIMN4TAHOTKFMS7SGM4EOTR/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/W66IR5YT4KG464SKEMQN2NP2LGATGEGS/
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202101-02
- https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4742
- https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4743
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