Vulnerability details

CVE-2026-5674

Pipewire: pipewire: sandbox escape and arbitrary code execution via malicious library loading

CVSS 3.1

8.8High

Official description

A flaw was found in PipeWire, a multimedia server. This vulnerability allows an attacker to escape sandboxed applications, such as Flatpak, by exploiting PipeWire's PulseAudio compatibility layer. An attacker with minimal permissions within a sandboxed environment can load a malicious library, leading to arbitrary code execution outside the sandbox and potential compromise of the user's system.

CVSS scores

Score	Version	Source	Vector
8.8High	3.1	CVEProject cvelistV5 (CNA) (redhat)	`CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H`

Affected products

Vendor	Product	Versions	Source
No product information recorded.

References and advisories

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:47082 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:47083 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:51064 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:56028 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:56029 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:61768 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-5674 vdb-entryx_refsource_REDHAT
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2455341 issue-trackingx_refsource_REDHAT

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Details

Published: 2026-07-16
Last updated: 2026-11-05
State: Published
Assigner (CNA): redhat

Exploit prediction (EPSS)

0.18%

Probability of exploitation in 30 days

8.1%

Percentile (among all CVEs)

SSVC assessment (CISA)

Automatable: No
Exploitation: None
Technical impact: Total

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-427
Uncontrolled Search Path Element