CVEvulnerability

CVE-2026-96279

6.5 MEDIUM Published 2026-09-27 Modified 2026-09-29 Official page ↗
Status
Awaiting Analysis
Published
2026-09-27
Last modified
2026-09-29
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
6.5 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Weaknesses
CWE-59

Description

A malicious OCI registry can hardlink arbitrary host files into the extraction directory when a user installs or updates a Flatpak application from an OCI remote, allowing disclosure of arbitrary host file contents. For system-wide installs running as root, this includes sensitive files such as /etc/shadow.

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-59 Improper Link Resolution Before File Access weakness

References