MEDIUM 6.2 NVD
CVE-2026-96281
On a multi-user system, a user with an active local login session could downgrade a system-wide Flatpak app to an older version by removing the app's remote ref
On a multi-user system, a user with an active local login session could downgrade a system-wide Flatpak app to an older version by removing the app's remote ref via the unprivileged system-helper RemoveLocalRef method, causing the anti-downgrade check to fail to find a reference date. A malicious local user could use this to expose other users of the same system to an app version with unfixed vulnerabilities.
References
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-96281
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2539421
- https://github.com/flatpak/flatpak/security/advisories/GHSA-q4gr-vc25-57m5
This medium severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 6.2 was published on 2026-09-27 via NVD.
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