Description
bubblewrap is a low-level unprivileged sandboxing tool. From version 0.11.0 to before version 0.11.2, if bubblewrap is installed in setuid mode then the user can use ptrace to attach to bubblewrap and control the unprivileged part of the sandbox setup phase. This allows the attacker to arbitrarily use the privileged operations, and in particular the "overlay mount" operation, allowing the creation of overlay mounts which is otherwise not allowed in the setuid version of bubblewrap. This issue has been patched in version 0.11.2.
Published: 2026-05-09
Score: 8.7 High
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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History

Tue, 02 Jun 2026 12:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Weaknesses CWE-266
References
Metrics threat_severity

None

cvssV3_1

{'score': 8.8, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H'}

threat_severity

Important


Wed, 13 May 2026 18:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Sun, 10 May 2026 21:45:00 +0000

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First Time appeared Containers
Containers bubblewrap
Vendors & Products Containers
Containers bubblewrap

Sat, 09 May 2026 04:15:00 +0000

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Description bubblewrap is a low-level unprivileged sandboxing tool. From version 0.11.0 to before version 0.11.2, if bubblewrap is installed in setuid mode then the user can use ptrace to attach to bubblewrap and control the unprivileged part of the sandbox setup phase. This allows the attacker to arbitrarily use the privileged operations, and in particular the "overlay mount" operation, allowing the creation of overlay mounts which is otherwise not allowed in the setuid version of bubblewrap. This issue has been patched in version 0.11.2.
Title bubblewrap vulnerable to privilege escalation in setuid mode via ptrace
Weaknesses CWE-269
References
Metrics cvssV4_0

{'score': 8.7, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N'}


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Containers Bubblewrap
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: GitHub_M

Published:

Updated: 2026-06-30T12:08:50.316Z

Reserved: 2026-04-17T16:34:45.525Z

Link: CVE-2026-41163

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-05-13T17:45:46.507Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2026-05-09T04:16:21.167

Modified: 2026-06-17T10:46:15.553

Link: CVE-2026-41163

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Important

Publid Date: 2026-05-09T03:56:51Z

Links: CVE-2026-41163 - Bugzilla

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-06-02T14:00:10Z

Weaknesses