CVE-2017-5207: Firejail Project Firejail

High severity, CVSS 7.8. EPSS: 0.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Firejail before 0.9.44.4, when running a bandwidth command, allows local users to gain root privileges via the --shell argument.

Affected products

• Firejail Project Firejail: before 0.9.44.4 (fixed in 0.9.44.4)

Published 2017-03-23. Last modified 2026-06-17.