CVE-2026-97023
highA path traversal vulnerability in Flatpak's handling of the export/bin directory during app deployment allows a malicious Flatpak app to cause deletion of atta…
A path traversal vulnerability in Flatpak's handling of the export/bin directory during app deployment allows a malicious Flatpak app to cause deletion of attacker-chosen files outside the deployment directory when the app is installed or upgraded. In system-wide installations, the deletion is performed as root.
CVSS
7.1
7.1 (CVSS v3.1)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H Severity source: NVD CVSS v3.1 (secalert@redhat.com)
Timeline (UTC)
Published: 2026-09-28 19:16
Modified: 2026-10-26 11:16
NVD status: Awaiting Analysis
Last synced 2 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/errata/RHSA-2026:89849 secalert@redhat.com
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:89850 secalert@redhat.com
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:89859 secalert@redhat.com
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-97023 secalert@redhat.com
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2542606 secalert@redhat.com
- https://github.com/flatpak/flatpak/security/advisories/GHSA-5p67-xh8x-rq54 secalert@redhat.com
Data sources
NVD CVE API 2.0 — fetched 2026-10-27 06:56 UTC · record ↗