CVE-2026-13601
Description
A flaw was found in Yelp due to an overly permissive Content Security Policy (CSP) implementation provided by yelp-xsl. A malicious Flatpak application can open crafted help content through the OpenURI portal. By embedding an untrusted CSS stylesheet within a structured SVG document, attacker-controlled content can bypass Flatpak's intended sandbox isolation, allowing Yelp to evaluate local XML inclusions and disclose arbitrary user-readable host files through remote CSS resource requests. This may result in the unauthorized disclosure of sensitive information.
Predictions
Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
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References
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-13601
- https://blogs.gnome.org/mcatanzaro/2026/05/11/flatpak-sandbox-escape-via-yelp/
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2494110
- https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/yelp/-/commit/c8c8244c8a812860782d635890c9b6c43ecc2639
- https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/yelp/-/work_items/238
CWEs
CWE-693
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.