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01 Record

CVE-2021-21381

Sandbox escape via special tokens in .desktop file

HighPUBLISHEDCNA: GitHub_M
CNA base score7.1 CVSS v3.xCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:H/A:N

02 Description

Sandbox escape via special tokens in .desktop file

03 Exploitation and scoring

Exploitation
Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
SSVC decision
Not assessed by CISA
EPSS probability
1.54% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
EPSS percentile
Equal to or higher than the score of 74.4% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
NVD base score
8.2 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
NVD CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N
NVD analysis status
Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
Red Hat severity
Important. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

04 Metadata

Published
2021-03-11 00:00Z5 YR AGO
Last updated
2024-08-03 18:09Z2 YR AGO
Reserved
2020-12-22
Assigning CNA
GitHub_M
Record state
PUBLISHED
Severity
High (CVSS 7.1)
CNA CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:H/A:N
Weaknesses
  • CWE-74Improper Neutralization of Special Elements in Output Used by a Downstream Component ('Injection')Class
  • CWE-284Improper Access ControlPillar
Data version
5.1
Document digest
8260b8679ad349bda9faffbeebbc7fa36ade99dafc0edde94261797334d31b03

05 Affected products

VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
flatpakflatpak>= 0.9.4, < 1.10.2—

06 References

07 Fixed in

Arch Linux

  • flatpak
    Fixed in 1.10.2-1

Source: Arch Linux Security Tracker, the Arch Linux security team. Reformatted by exploit.cc.

Debian 12

  • flatpak
    Fixed in 1.10.1-4

Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.

Debian 13

  • flatpak
    Fixed in 1.10.1-4

Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.

Debian 14

  • flatpak
    Fixed in 1.10.1-4

Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS

  • flatpak
    Fixed in 1.0.9-0ubuntu0.3

Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.

Ubuntu 20.04 LTS

  • flatpak
    Fixed in 1.6.5-0ubuntu0.3

Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.

A release or ecosystem missing from this list has no record here. It may be unaffected or not covered by the source. Source notices and licences.