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CVE-2017-5226

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2017-5226 describes a critical sandbox escape vulnerability in projectatomic bubblewrap, where a non-privileged session can escape to the parent session. This is achieved by using the TIOCSTI ioctl to inject characters into the terminal's input buffer. With a CVSS score of 10.0, this vulnerability allows for complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability, requiring no user interaction or privileges. While there is no known active exploitation or public exploit code, the vulnerability has garnered significant community discussion, indicating awareness and potential for future exploitation.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 0.1.5CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:projectatomic:bubblewrap:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

10.0CRITICAL

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
6.0
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
3.17%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
86.7%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0317 is in the 78th percentile among its peer group of 36,862 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (2)

github_advisorypatch availablevia nvd_reference
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redhatpatch availablevia nvd_reference
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References

bugzilla.redhat.com / show_bug.cgi
Issue TrackingPatch
github.com / projectatomic/bubblewrap/commit/d7fc532c42f0e9bf427923bab85433282b3e5117
Patch
github.com / projectatomic/bubblewrap/issues/142
ExploitPatchVendor Advisory
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2023/03/14/2
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2020/07/10/1
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2023/03/17/1
securityfocus.com / bid/97260
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry