Pipewire: pipewire: sandbox escape and arbitrary code execution via malicious library loading (pipewire)
At a glance
- Source
- NVD
- EPSS
- EPSS 0.18 % · percentile 8 ()
- State
- PUBLISHED
- Published
- Updated
- Assigner
- redhat
- NVD status
- Awaiting Analysis
Description
A flaw was found in PipeWire, a multimedia server. This vulnerability allows an attacker to escape sandboxed applications, such as Flatpak, by exploiting PipeWire's PulseAudio compatibility layer. An attacker with minimal permissions within a sandboxed environment can load a malicious library, leading to arbitrary code execution outside the sandbox and potential compromise of the user's system.
Weaknesses (CWE)
- CWE-427 — Uncontrolled Search Path Element
References
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:47082
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:47083
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:51064
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:56028
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:56029
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:61768
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-5674
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2455341
Scores
| Version | Score | Vector | Scored by |
|---|---|---|---|
| CVSS 3.1 | HIGH 8.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H | redhat |
| CVSS 3.1 | HIGH 8.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H | NVD · secalert@redhat.com (Secondary) |
European references
- ENISA EUVD · EUVD-2026-44925
- GCVE · GCVE-0-2026-5674
Affected products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
| pipewire | affected 0 ≤ 1.6.8 |
| Red Hat · Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 | unaffected 0:1.4.11-1.el10_2 < * |
| Red Hat · Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10.0 Extended Update Support | unaffected 0:1.2.7-1.el10_0.1 < * |
| Red Hat · Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 | unaffected 0:1.4.11-1.el9_8 < * |
| Red Hat · Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.2 Update Services for SAP Solutions | unaffected 0:0.3.47-4.el9_2.1 < * |
| Red Hat · Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.4 Update Services for SAP Solutions | unaffected 0:1.0.1-1.el9_4.1 < * |
| Red Hat · Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.6 Extended Update Support | unaffected 0:1.0.1-1.el9_6.1 < * |
| Red Hat · Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 | |
| Red Hat · Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 | |
| Red Hat · Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | |
| Red Hat · Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 | |
| Red Hat · Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 | |
| Red Hat · Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 | |
| Red Hat · Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 |
Sources
| Source | Licence |
|---|---|
| CVE List (CVEProject cvelistV5) | CVE Program Terms of Use |
| EPSS (FIRST.org) | FIRST — attribution requested |
| ENISA EUVD | ENISA — reproduction authorised, source acknowledged |
| NVD (NIST) via fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feeds | Public domain — this product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD |