High
Security advisory
In Firejail before 0.9.60, seccomp filters are writable inside the jail, leading to a lack of intended seccomp restrictions for a process that is joined to the jail after a filter has been modified by an attacker.
- Products
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- Affected versions
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- Fixed versions
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- CVEs
- CVE-2019-12589
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 31 Oct 2026, 12:28 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
In Firejail before 0.9.60, seccomp filters are writable inside the jail, leading to a lack of intended seccomp restrictions for a process that is joined to the jail after a filter has been modified by an attacker.
osv:CVE-2019-12589
Complete source record
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