CVE-2026-96284

Flatpak: flatpak: arbitrary read-access to files in the system-helper context via oci symlink following

State: Published
Severity: 2.5 Low
Published: Sep 27, 2026
Updated: Sep 29, 2026
Reserved: Sep 22, 2026

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.

Scores

CVSS	Score	Vector	Source
3.1	2.5 Low	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N	redhat

Weaknesses

CWE-59 Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following')

Affected Products

Product	Versions
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10Red Hat
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Red Hat
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Red Hat
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9Red Hat

References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-96284vdb-entry
RHBZ#2539423issue-tracking
https://github.com/flatpak/flatpak/security/advisories/GHSA-2fxp-43j9-pwvc

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