CVE-2023-28101
No exploitation reported by the sources we read.
- Published2023-03-16
- Fixed in1.15.4 · 1.14.4 · 1.12.8 · 1.10.8
- WeaknessCWE-116
Am I affected?
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Description
Flatpak is a system for building, distributing, and running sandboxed desktop applications on Linux. In versions prior to 1.10.8, 1.12.8, 1.14.4, and 1.15.4, 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`. A fix is available in versions 1.10.8, 1.12.8, 1.14.4, and 1.15.4. As a workaround, use a GUI like GNOME Software rather than the command-line interface, or only install apps whose maintainers you trust.
Timeline
dates in UTC- 2023-03-1616:15CVE publishedNVD
Observed activity
isMalicious corpus · updated 2026-10-23 21:37 UTCBlock these indicators
- Firewall list (EDL, text): https://api.ismalicious.com/edl/cve/CVE-2023-28101?format=txt
- CSV export: https://api.ismalicious.com/edl/cve/CVE-2023-28101?format=csv
- TAXII collection of exploited CVEs
- The EDL and CSV take an API key on the Pro plan.
Versions per branch
NVD| Branch | Affected | Fixed in | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1.15 | ≥ 1.15.0, < 1.15.4 | 1.15.4 | NVD |
| 1.14 | ≥ 1.14.0, < 1.14.4 | 1.14.4 | NVD |
| 1.12 | ≥ 1.12.0, < 1.12.8 | 1.12.8 | NVD |
| 1.10 | < 1.10.8 | 1.10.8 | NVD |
as publishedRanges as NVD and OSV publish them; a distribution’s build can be fixed under an older number.
Distribution builds and vendor advisories
Packages from OSV.dev and products from the vendors' CSAF advisories.
version not verifiedVersions not verified: read as OSV.dev and the vendors publish them, not checked against each vendor's release list.
Packages
- flatpakAlmaLinux:9all versions · fixed in 1.12.8-1.el9and 4 other packages
- flatpakAlmaLinux:8all versions · fixed in 1.10.8-1.el8and 4 other packages
Fix
- Update Flatpak to 1.15.4 · 1.14.4 · 1.12.8 · 1.10.8
Advisories and patches
- github.comPatch
- github.comPatch
- github.comPatch
- github.comPatch · Vendor Advisory
Detection
- Nuclei template
- none so far ProjectDiscovery
- Exploit-DB
- no entry Exploit-DB
- Proof-of-concept repositories
- none listed PoC-in-GitHub
Sources
Technical details
- CVSS v3 Vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
- Published
- 2023-03-16
- Last Modified
- 2026-06-17
- NVD status
- Modified
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