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Type: advisorySources: OSVCVE: CVE-2021-26910

Firejail before 0.9.64.4 allows attackers to bypass intended access restrictions because there is a TOCTOU race condition between a stat operation and an OverlayFS mount operation.

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CVE-2021-26910
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31 Oct 2026, 11:42 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

CVE-2021-26910

core-osv · Original source

Published 8 Feb 2021, 20:15 UTC

Firejail before 0.9.64.4 allows attackers to bypass intended access restrictions because there is a TOCTOU race condition between a stat operation and an OverlayFS mount operation.

osv:CVE-2021-26910
Complete source record
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  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2021-26910",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
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    "summary": "Firejail before 0.9.64.4 allows attackers to bypass intended access restrictions because there is a TOCTOU race condition between a stat operation and an OverlayFS mount operation.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2021-26910",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "high",
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      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-20T10:54:34.719462336Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://github.com/netblue30/firejail/releases/tag/0.9.64.4",
        "https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/02/msg00015.html",
        "https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202105-19",
        "https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-4849",
        "https://github.com/netblue30/firejail/commit/97d8a03cad19501f017587cc4e47d8418273834b",
        "https://unparalleled.eu/blog/2021/20210208-rigged-race-against-firejail-for-local-root/",
        "https://unparalleled.eu/publications/2021/advisory-unpar-2021-0.txt"
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  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 385637,
  "published_at": "2021-02-08T20:15:13.09+00:00"
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