# openSUSE-SU-2022:0037-1: Security update for firejail

> A flaw in Firejail's private-cwd feature allows attackers to access the entire filesystem, bypassing sandbox restrictions.

- **Severity:** Not scored
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** Yes
- **Published:** 16 Feb 2022

## What is openSUSE-SU-2022:0037-1?

openSUSE-SU-2022:0037-1 is a path traversal vulnerability in firejail, published on 16 Feb 2022. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

This update for firejail fixes the following issues:

- Update Leap 15.3 package to 0.9.68 (boo#1195880)

update to firejail 0.9.68:

- security: on Ubuntu, the PPA is now recommended over the distro package
- (see README.md) (#4748)
- security: bugfix: private-cwd leaks access to the entire filesystem
- (#4780); reported by Hugo Osvaldo Barrera
- feature: remove (some) environment variables with auth-tokens (#4157)
- feature: ALLOW_TRAY condition (#4510 #4599)
- feature: add basic Firejail support to AppArmor base abstraction (#3226
- #4628)
- feature: intrusion detection system (--ids-init, --ids-check)
- feature: deterministic shutdown command (--deterministic-exit-code,
- --deterministic-shutdown) (#928 #3042 #4635)
- feature: noprinters command (#4607 #4827)
- feature: network monitor (--nettrace)
- feature: network locker (--netlock) (#4848)
- feature: whitelist-ro profile command (#4740)
- feature: disable pipewire with --nosound (#4855)
- feature: Unset TMP if it doesn't exist inside of sandbox (#4151)
- feature: Allow apostrophe in whitelist and blacklist (#4614)
- feature: AppImage support in --build command (#4878)
- modifs: exit code: distinguish fatal signals by adding 128 (#4533)
- modifs: firecfg.config is now installed to /etc/firejail/ (#408 #4669)
- modifs: close file descriptors greater than 2 (--keep-fd) (#4845)
- modifs: nogroups now stopped causing certain system groups to be dropped,
- which are now controlled by the relevant 'no' options instead (such as
- nosound -> drop audio group), which fixes device access issues on systems
- not using (e)logind (such as with seatd) (#4632 #4725 #4732 #4851)
- removal: --disable-whitelist at compile time
- removal: whitelist=yes/no in /etc/firejail/firejail.config
- bugfix: Fix sndio support (#4362 #4365)
- bugfix: Error mounting tmpfs (MS_REMOUNT flag not being cleared) (#4387)
- bugfix: --build clears the environment (#4460 #4467)
- bugfix: firejail hangs with net parameter (#3958 #4476)
- bugfix: Firejail does not work with a custom hosts file (#2758 #4560)
- bugfix: --tracelog and --trace override /etc/ld.so.preload (#4558 #4586)
- bugfix: PATH_MAX is undeclared on musl libc (#4578 #4579 #4583 #4606)
- bugfix: firejail symlinks are not skipped with private-bin + globs (#4626)
- bugfix: Firejail rejects empty arguments (#4395)
- bugfix: firecfg does not work with symlinks (discord.desktop) (#4235)
- bugfix: Seccomp list output goes to stdout instead of stderr (#4328)
- bugfix: private-etc does not work with symlinks (#4887)
- bugfix: Hardware key not detected on keepassxc (#4883)
- build: allow building with address sanitizer (#4594)
- build: Stop linking pthread (#4695)
- build: Configure cleanup and improvements (#4712)
- ci: add profile checks for sorting disable-programs.inc and
- firecfg.config and for the required arguments in private-etc (#2739 #4643)
- ci: pin GitHub actions to SHAs and use Dependabot to update them (#4774)
- docs: Add new command checklist to CONTRIBUTING.md (#4413)
- docs: Rework bug report issue template and add both a question and a
- feature request template (#4479 #4515 #4561)
- docs: fix contradictory descriptions of machine-id ('preserves' vs
- 'spoofs') (#4689)
- docs: Document that private-bin and private-etc always accumulate (#4078)
- new includes: whitelist-run-common.inc (#4288), disable-X11.inc (#4462)
- new includes: disable-proc.inc (#4521)
- removed includes: disable-passwordmgr.inc (#4454 #4461)
- new profiles: microsoft-edge-beta, clion-eap, lifeograph, zim
- new profiles: io.github.lainsce.Notejot, rednotebook, gallery-dl
- new profiles: yt-dlp, goldendict, goldendict, bundle, cmake
- new profiles: make, meson, pip, codium, telnet, ftp, OpenStego
- new profiles: imv, retroarch, torbrowser, CachyBrowser,
- new profiles: notable, RPCS3, wget2, raincat, conitop, 1passwd,
- new profiles: Seafile, neovim, com.github.tchx84.Flatseal

firejail 0.9.66:

* deprecated --audit options, relpaced by jailcheck utility
* deprecated follow-symlink-as-user from firejail.config
* new firejail.config settings: private-bin, private-etc
* new firejail.config settings: private-opt, private-srv
* new firejail.config settings: whitelist-disable-topdir
* new firejail.config settings: seccomp-filter-add
* removed kcmp syscall from seccomp default filter
* rename --noautopulse to keep-config-pulse
* filtering environment variables
* zsh completion
* command line: --mkdir, --mkfile
* --protocol now accumulates
* jailtest utility for testing running sandboxes
* faccessat2 syscall support
* --private-dev keeps /dev/input
* added --noinput to disable /dev/input
* add support for subdirs in --private-etc
* subdirs support in private-etc
* input devices support in private-dev, --no-input
* support trailing comments on profile lines
* many new profiles
- split shell completion into standard subpackages

## Which versions are affected by openSUSE-SU-2022:0037-1?


| Package | Ecosystem | Affected | Fixed in |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `firejail` | SUSE:Package Hub 15 SP3 | All versions | 0.9.68-bp153.2.3.1 |
| `firejail` | openSUSE:Leap 15.3 | All versions | 0.9.68-bp153.2.3.1 |

## How do I fix openSUSE-SU-2022:0037-1?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

## Is openSUSE-SU-2022:0037-1 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of openSUSE-SU-2022:0037-1 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for openSUSE-SU-2022:0037-1 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: openSUSE-SU-2022:0037-1 is a path traversal vulnerability in firejail, published on 16 Feb 2022. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of openSUSE-SU-2022:0037-1 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: firejail. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/openSUSE-SU-2022-0037-1/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/openSUSE-SU-2022-0037-1/index.md)
```

## Sources

- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/openSUSE-SU-2022:0037-1

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