CVE-2026-96275
Full vulnerability record from the local CVENow database.
Description
A malicious or compromised Flatpak repository can write attacker-controlled content to arbitrary locations on the host filesystem via extract_extra_data(). On system installs, the write happens as root. Two issues combine: `files/extra` is resolved via path operations that follow symlinks, and blob names from `xa.extra-data-sources` are not sanitized against `..` traversal.
Severity
HIGH
CVSS score
8.8
(v3.1)
Vulnerability status
Awaiting Analysis
Source identifier
Published
2026-09-23 15:17:32.180000
Last modified
2026-10-29 20:17:36.637000
View original CVE JSON
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"published": "2026-09-23T15:17:32.180",
"lastModified": "2026-10-29T20:17:36.637",
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"url": "https://github.com/flatpak/flatpak/security/advisories/GHSA-fqx6-vh4p-42cg",
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}