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Flatpak: flatpak: arbitrary write access as root via extra-data extraction

CVSS 3.1 8.8 HIGHCheck source for fixed versionsKEV status unknown

Historical advisory recorded 27 Oct 2026 02:23:01 UTC. Read the latest advisory.

cve-program · CVE-2026-96275

Published

A malicious or compromised Flatpak repository can write attacker-controlled content to arbitrary locations on the host filesystem via extract_extra_data(). On system installs, the write happens as root. Two issues combine: `files/extra` is resolved via path operations that follow symlinks, and blob names from `xa.extra-data-sources` are not sanitized against `..` traversal.

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cve-program · CVE-2026-96275

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flatpak

https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/

Publisher's version information

Shown as published. These rules are not interpreted as NuGet package version ranges.

{
                    "vendor": "Red Hat",
                    "product": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10",
                    "collectionURL": "https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/",
                    "packageName": "flatpak",
                    "defaultStatus": "affected",
                    "versions": [
                        {
                            "version": "0:1.16.0-9.el10_2.4",
                            "lessThan": "*",
                            "versionType": "rpm",
                            "status": "unaffected"
                        }
                    ],
                    "cpes": [
                        "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:10.2"
                    ]
                }

flatpak

https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/

Publisher's version information

Shown as published. These rules are not interpreted as NuGet package version ranges.

{
                    "vendor": "Red Hat",
                    "product": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8",
                    "collectionURL": "https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/",
                    "packageName": "flatpak",
                    "defaultStatus": "affected",
                    "versions": [
                        {
                            "version": "0:1.12.9-7.el8_10",
                            "lessThan": "*",
                            "versionType": "rpm",
                            "status": "unaffected"
                        }
                    ],
                    "cpes": [
                        "cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:8::appstream",
                        "cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:8::crb"
                    ]
                }

flatpak

https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/

Publisher's version information

Shown as published. These rules are not interpreted as NuGet package version ranges.

{
                    "vendor": "Red Hat",
                    "product": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9",
                    "collectionURL": "https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/",
                    "packageName": "flatpak",
                    "defaultStatus": "affected",
                    "versions": [
                        {
                            "version": "0:1.12.9-4.el9_8.4",
                            "lessThan": "*",
                            "versionType": "rpm",
                            "status": "unaffected"
                        }
                    ],
                    "cpes": [
                        "cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:9::appstream",
                        "cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:9::crb"
                    ]
                }

flatpak

https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/

Publisher's version information

Shown as published. These rules are not interpreted as NuGet package version ranges.

{
                    "vendor": "Red Hat",
                    "product": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.4 Update Services for SAP Solutions",
                    "collectionURL": "https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/",
                    "packageName": "flatpak",
                    "defaultStatus": "affected",
                    "versions": [
                        {
                            "version": "0:1.12.9-3.el9_4.5",
                            "lessThan": "*",
                            "versionType": "rpm",
                            "status": "unaffected"
                        }
                    ],
                    "cpes": [
                        "cpe:/a:redhat:rhel_e4s:9.4::appstream"
                    ]
                }

flatpak

https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/

Publisher's version information

Shown as published. These rules are not interpreted as NuGet package version ranges.

{
                    "vendor": "Red Hat",
                    "product": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.6 Extended Update Support",
                    "collectionURL": "https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/",
                    "packageName": "flatpak",
                    "defaultStatus": "affected",
                    "versions": [
                        {
                            "version": "0:1.12.9-4.el9_6.5",
                            "lessThan": "*",
                            "versionType": "rpm",
                            "status": "unaffected"
                        }
                    ],
                    "cpes": [
                        "cpe:/a:redhat:rhel_eus:9.6::appstream",
                        "cpe:/a:redhat:rhel_eus:9.6::crb"
                    ]
                }

flatpak

https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/

Publisher's version information

Shown as published. These rules are not interpreted as NuGet package version ranges.

{
                    "vendor": "Red Hat",
                    "product": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7",
                    "collectionURL": "https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/",
                    "packageName": "flatpak",
                    "defaultStatus": "affected",
                    "cpes": [
                        "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7"
                    ]
                }

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