Improper Encoding or Escaping of Output Affecting flatpak/flatpak package, versions [,1.10.8)[1.12.0,1.12.8)[1.14.0,1.14.4)[1.15.0,1.15.4)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.12% (47th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-FLATPAKFLATPAK-3363248
  • published17 Mar 2023
  • disclosed17 Mar 2023
  • creditrefi64

Introduced: 17 Mar 2023

CVE-2023-28101  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-116  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade flatpak/flatpak to version 1.10.8, 1.12.8, 1.14.4, 1.15.4 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Improper Encoding or Escaping of Output such that if an attacker publishes a Flatpak app with elevated permissions, they can hide those permissions from users of the flatpak(1) command-line interface by setting other permissions to crafted values that contain non-printable control characters such as ESC.

CVSS Scores

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