CVE-2026-96807
- State
- Published
- Severity
- 4.0 Medium
- Published
- Sep 23, 2026
- Updated
- Sep 26, 2026
- Reserved
- Sep 23, 2026
Description
In Flatpak before 1.18.1, a malicious sandboxed app can replace ~/.var/app/$appid/.ld.so with a symlink, causing regenerate_ld_cache to write files at an arbitrary location. The filenames and content are not attacker controlled, making this hard to exploit.
Scores
| CVSS | Score | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.1 | 4.0 Medium | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L | mitre |
Weaknesses
- CWE-61 UNIX Symbolic Link (Symlink) Following
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
FlatpakFlatpak |
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References
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