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CVE-2026-96282 Details

Description

A malicious Flatpak extension can probe the host filesystem to determine what files and directories exist at arbitrary paths, and host directory listings can be disclosed to sandboxed applications using the extension. Additionally, unvalidated extension metadata can cause extension content to be mounted at unintended locations inside the sandbox.

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CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

CNA: [email protected]CVSS-B:3.1 LOWVector:CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URLSource(s)Tag(s)
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-96282 [email protected]
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2539422 [email protected]
https://github.com/flatpak/flatpak/security/advisories/GHSA-w69g-9x8j-7p8f [email protected]

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-IDCWE NameSource
CWE-59Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following')[email protected]

Affected Products

No affected product data is available for this CVE.

Change History

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QUICK INFO

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2026-96282
NVD Published Date:
Sep 27, 2026
NVD Last Modified:
Sep 28, 2026
Source:
[email protected]