CVE-2026-96284

Published: Sep 27, 2026Modified: Sep 29, 2026

2.5

Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

Exploitability: 1.0 / Impact: 1.4

Source: secalert@redhat.com (Secondary)

Description

A malicious user can get read-access to files in the flatpak-system-helper context if a system OCI repository is configured, because the OCI code paths in the system helper follow symlinks when importing OCI images that are under the user's control.

Related CWEs

CWE-59

Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following')

The product attempts to access a file based on the filename, but it does not properly prevent that filename from identifying a link or shortcut that resolves to an unintended resource.

References (3)

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-96284

Source: secalert@redhat.com

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2539423

Source: secalert@redhat.com

https://github.com/flatpak/flatpak/security/advisories/GHSA-2fxp-43j9-pwvc

Source: secalert@redhat.com

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