CVE-2026-97024
A path traversal vulnerability in Flatpak's handling of the files/etc directory during app…
- Risk score
- 52/100
- CVSS
- 7.1 v3.1
- Exploit chance (30 days)
- 0.3%
- Published
- 29 Sep 2026
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What to know
- What it is
- 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 inst…
- Affected
- See advisory
- Fix
- Apply the vendor's security update; see the linked advisory.
- Exploitation
- No known exploitation
Why it is Yellow
- CVSS 7.1 high
- Remotely exploitable without logging in
References
Original 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.
Last activity 29 Sep 2026. Patch Forecast updates every hour.