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CVE-2020-17368

CVE-2020-17368 PUBLISHED

Reported by mitre · Published August 11, 2020

Firejail through 0.9.62 mishandles shell metacharacters during use of the --output or --output-stderr option, which may lead to command injection.

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PackageEcosystemFixed in
firejailfirejail_project0.9.62

Affected products

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Timeline

  • Aug 11, 2020 CVE Published
  • Apr 14, 2021 EPSS Score (30 in total, the first dated here)
  • Nov 21, 2024 CVE Updated
  • Mar 10, 2026 Distribution Patch (2 in total, the first dated here)
  • Mar 10, 2026 Security Advisory (7 in total, the first dated here)
  • Sep 3, 2026 Coalition ESS Score

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