CVE-2026-97024
HIGHCVSS 7.1Description
A path traversal vulnerability in Flatpak's handling of the files/etc directory during app deployment allows a malicious Flatpak app to cause certain host system files (such as passwd, group, machine-id, or resolv.conf) to be emptied or replaced with a symlink when the app is installed or upgraded. In system-wide installations, the write is performed as root.
Timeline
Published:September 29th, 2026 4:18 AM
Last modified:November 5th, 2026 1:17 AM
CVSS Scoring
CVSS v3: 7.1 (HIGH)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H
Weaknesses (CWE)
References & Reports
Advisories, patches, and third-party reports
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:89849
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:89850
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:89859
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:95061
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:95062
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:95063
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:95064
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-97024
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2542625
- https://github.com/flatpak/flatpak/security/advisories/GHSA-8xgq-v545-vgvf
Source: NIST NVD · Data may lag official sources by up to one minute