CVE-2026-97024

high

Assigned by CNA: redhat

Published 2026-09-29 · Modified 2026-09-29

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CVSS v3

7.1

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H

CVSS v4 NEW

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not yet in upstream

VIR risk

7.1

Description

A path traversal vulnerability in Flatpak's handling of the files/etc directory during app deployment allows a malicious Flatpak app to cause certain host system files (such as passwd, group, machine-id, or resolv.conf) to be emptied or replaced with a symlink when the app is installed or upgraded. In system-wide installations, the write is performed as root.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

80%

Patch ETA

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

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OS impact

Debian Mixed 4 releases

Version	Status	Fixed in
trixie	Fixed	`1.16.6-1~deb13u3`
sid	Fixed	`1.18.4-1`
forky	Affected	—
bookworm	Affected	—

References

CWEs

CWE-61

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.