HIGH 7.1 NVD
CVE-2026-97024
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 syste
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.
Remediation
$ sudo apt install --only-upgrade flatpakReferences
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-97024
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2542625
- https://github.com/flatpak/flatpak/security/advisories/GHSA-8xgq-v545-vgvf
This high severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 7.1 was published on 2026-09-29 via NVD. A remediation command is available below.
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