CVE-2026-97023
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CVE Details
| Release Date: | 2026-09-28 | |
| Impact: | Important | What is this? |
Description
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.
See more information about CVE-2026-97023 from MITRE CVE dictionary and NIST NVD
NOTE: The following CVSS metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.
CVSS v3 metrics
| Base Score: | 7.1 |
| Vector String: | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H |
| Version: | 3.1 |
| Attack Vector: | Network |
| Attack Complexity: | Low |
| Privileges Required: | None |
| User Interaction: | Required |
| Scope: | Unchanged |
| Confidentiality Impact: | None |
| Integrity Impact: | Low |
| Availability Impact: | High |
Errata information
| Platform | Errata | Release Date |
| Oracle Linux version 10 (flatpak) | ELSA-2026-89849 | 2026-10-26 |
| Oracle Linux version 8 (flatpak) | ELSA-2026-89859 | 2026-10-26 |
| Oracle Linux version 9 (flatpak) | ELSA-2026-89850 | 2026-10-26 |
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