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CVE-2026-97024 Details

Description

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.

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CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

CNA: [email protected]CVSS-B:7.1 HIGHVector:CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL	Source(s)	Tag(s)
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-97024	[email protected]
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2542625	[email protected]
https://github.com/flatpak/flatpak/security/advisories/GHSA-8xgq-v545-vgvf	[email protected]

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID	CWE Name	Source
CWE-61	UNIX Symbolic Link (Symlink) Following	[email protected]

Affected Products

No affected product data is available for this CVE.

Change History

2 change records found show changes

Date	Action	Recorded By
Sep 29, 2026	CVE Modified	CISA-ADP
Sep 29, 2026	New CVE Received	[email protected]