high7.1
CVE-2026-97023
A path traversal vulnerability in Flatpak's handling of the export/bin directory during app deployment allows a malicious Flatpak app to cause deletion of atta…
Impact
A path traversal vulnerability in Flatpak's handling of the export/bin directory during app deployment allows a malicious Flatpak app to cause deletion of attacker-chosen files outside the deployment directory when the app is installed or upgraded. In system-wide installations, the deletion is performed as root.
Affected packages
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Weakness classification
References
- NVD record
- CVE.org record
- 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/security/cve/CVE-2026-97023
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2542606
- https://github.com/flatpak/flatpak/security/advisories/GHSA-5p67-xh8x-rq54