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.

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Source ID Title
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-6524-1 flatpak security update
Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.


Workaround

Avoid installing Flatpak apps from untrusted publishers, especially system-wide.

History

Wed, 11 Nov 2026 13:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
CPEs cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:10.3
References

Wed, 11 Nov 2026 12:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
References

Thu, 05 Nov 2026 00:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Redhat rhel Els
CPEs cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7 cpe:/a:redhat:rhel_e4s:9.4::appstream
cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_els:7
Vendors & Products Redhat rhel Els
References

Wed, 04 Nov 2026 12:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Redhat rhel Eus
CPEs cpe:/a:redhat:rhel_eus:9.6::appstream
cpe:/a:redhat:rhel_eus:9.6::crb
Vendors & Products Redhat rhel Eus
References

Wed, 04 Nov 2026 09:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Redhat enterprise Linux Eus
Redhat rhel E4s
CPEs cpe:/a:redhat:rhel_e4s:9.2::appstream
cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux_eus:10.0
Vendors & Products Redhat enterprise Linux Eus
Redhat rhel E4s
References

Mon, 26 Oct 2026 11:00:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
CPEs cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8 cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:8::appstream
cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:8::crb
References

Mon, 26 Oct 2026 10:00:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
CPEs cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9 cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:9::appstream
cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:9::crb
References

Mon, 26 Oct 2026 09:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
CPEs cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:10 cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:10.2
References

Tue, 29 Sep 2026 13:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Flatpak
Flatpak flatpak
Vendors & Products Flatpak
Flatpak flatpak

Tue, 29 Sep 2026 13:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
References
Metrics threat_severity

None

ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

threat_severity

Important


Tue, 29 Sep 2026 03:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
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.
Title Flatpak: flatpak: arbitrary write in root context via path traversal in deploy directory files/etc
First Time appeared Redhat
Redhat enterprise Linux
Weaknesses CWE-61
CPEs cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:10
cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7
cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8
cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9
Vendors & Products Redhat
Redhat enterprise Linux
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 7.1, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H'}


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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published:

Updated: 2026-11-11T13:37:39.155Z

Reserved: 2026-09-23T21:09:09.344Z

Link: CVE-2026-97024

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-09-29T10:38:42.556Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2026-09-29T04:18:02.397

Modified: 2026-11-11T14:17:52.057

Link: CVE-2026-97024

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Important

Publid Date: 2026-09-28T13:29:18Z

Links: CVE-2026-97024 - Bugzilla

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-09-29T13:19:32Z

Weaknesses