CVE-2026-96284
lowA 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…
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.
CVSS
2.5
2.5 (CVSS v3.1)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N Severity source: NVD CVSS v3.1 (secalert@redhat.com)
Timeline (UTC)
Published: 2026-09-27 23:17
Modified: 2026-09-29 21:29
NVD status: Awaiting Analysis
Last synced 3 days ago
Verified against the source API 2026-10-27 06:56 UTC
Exploitation
Not listed in CISA KEV (as of last catalog sync)
Absence from KEV does not mean a CVE is not exploited. Exploitation status: unknown (no authoritative evidence in our sources).
Affected products
Not reported by the source (unknown — not "none").
Weakness classification (CWE)
Source: NVD / CISA. “NVD-CWE-Other” and “NVD-CWE-noinfo” mean NVD could not assign a specific weakness.
Mitigation & advisories
No vendor advisory or patch reference tagged by NVD. Check the references below.
References
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-96284 secalert@redhat.com
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2539423 secalert@redhat.com
- https://github.com/flatpak/flatpak/security/advisories/GHSA-2fxp-43j9-pwvc secalert@redhat.com
Data sources
NVD CVE API 2.0 — fetched 2026-10-27 06:56 UTC · record ↗