CVE-2021-21381
Sandbox escape via special tokens in .desktop file
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
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 8260b8679ad349bda9faffbeebbc7fa36ade99dafc0edde94261797334d31b03
05 Affected products
06 References
- github.comhttps://github.com/flatpak/flatpak/security/advisories/GHSA-xgh4-387p-hqpp
- github.comhttps://github.com/flatpak/flatpak/pull/4156
- github.comhttps://github.com/flatpak/flatpak/commit/8279c5818425b6812523e3805bbe242fb6a5d961
- github.comhttps://github.com/flatpak/flatpak/commit/a7401e638bf0c03102039e216ab1081922f140ae
- github.comhttps://github.com/flatpak/flatpak/commit/eb7946bb6248923d8c90fe9b84425fef97ae580d
- github.comhttps://github.com/flatpak/flatpak/releases/tag/1.10.2
- www.debian.orgDSA-4868https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-4868
- lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2021-26ad138ffahttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/WXNVFOIB6ZP4DGOVKAM25T6OIEP3YLGV/
- lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2021-fe7decc595https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/2MXXLXC2DPJ45HSMTI5MZYHMYEGQN6AA/
- security.gentoo.orgGLSA-202312-12https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202312-12
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.