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high 8.8

CVE-2026-96275 json

Flatpak: flatpak: arbitrary write access as root via extra-data extraction

published 3mo ago modified 9h ago also EUVD-2026-85342 , GHSA-fqx6-vh4p-42cg

Unreviewed: the maintainers' own advisory

Published by the maintainers on their GitHub repository flatpak/flatpak. GitHub has not reviewed it into the GitHub Advisory Database, so the affected packages and versions are the maintainers' word. Read the full advisory on GitHub.

cvss
8.8
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.6%
EPSS 0.6% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 48%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

A malicious or compromised Flatpak repository can write attacker-controlled content to arbitrary locations on the host filesystem via extract_extra_data(). On system installs, the write happens as root. Two issues combine: `files/extra` is resolved via path operations that follow symlinks, and blob names from `xa.extra-data-sources` are not sanitized against `..` traversal.

Patch / fix

  • Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 0:1.16.0-9.el10_2.4, 0:1.18.0-2.el10_3.4
  • Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10.0 Extended Update Support 0:1.16.0-5.el10_0.6
  • Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Extended Lifecycle Support 0:1.12.9-6.el7_9
  • Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 0:1.12.9-7.el8_10
  • Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 Advanced Mission Critical Update Support 0:1.12.9-2.el8_4.1
  • Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 Extended Update Support Long-Life Add-On 0:1.12.9-2.el8_4.1
  • Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 Advanced Mission Critical Update Support 0:1.12.9-1.el8_6.1
  • Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 Extended Update Support Long-Life Add-On 0:1.12.9-1.el8_6.1
  • Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.8 Telecommunications Update Service 0:1.12.9-1.el8_8.1
  • Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.8 Update Services for SAP Solutions 0:1.12.9-1.el8_8.1
  • Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 0:1.12.9-4.el9_8.4, 0:1.12.9-6.el9_9.5
  • Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.2 Update Services for SAP Solutions 0:1.12.7-5.el9_2.5
  • Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.4 Update Services for SAP Solutions 0:1.12.9-3.el9_4.5
  • Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.6 Extended Update Support 0:1.12.9-4.el9_6.5
  • flatpak Debian 13 1.16.6-1~deb13u2
  • flatpak Debian 14 1.18.1-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2026-96275

  • flatpak RHEL 8 1.12.9-7.el8_10
  • flatpak-libs RHEL 8 1.12.9-7.el8_10
  • flatpak-selinux RHEL 8 1.12.9-7.el8_10
  • flatpak-session-helper RHEL 8 1.12.9-7.el8_10
  • flatpak RHEL 10.2 1.16.0-9.el10_2.4
  • flatpak-libs RHEL 10.2 1.16.0-9.el10_2.4
  • flatpak-selinux RHEL 10.2 1.16.0-9.el10_2.4
  • flatpak-session-helper RHEL 10.2 1.16.0-9.el10_2.4

red hat advisories RHSA-2026:80687RHSA-2026:80498RHSA-2026:80497

  • flatpak SLES for SAP 15 SP5, SLES 15 SP5-LTSS, SLE High Performance Computing 15 SP5-LTSS +1 more 1.16.6-150500.3.21.1
  • flatpak SLES for SAP 15 SP6, SLES 15 SP6-LTSS, SLE Module for Desktop Applications 15 SP7 1.16.6-150600.3.12.1
  • flatpak SLES LTSS Extended Security 12 SP5, SLES 12 SP5-LTSS 1.4.2-3.15.1

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2026:5127-1SUSE-SU-2026:4944-1SUSE-SU-2026:4610-1

  • flatpak AlmaLinux 9 1.12.9-4.el9_8.4
  • flatpak-libs AlmaLinux 9 1.12.9-4.el9_8.4
  • flatpak-selinux AlmaLinux 9 1.12.9-4.el9_8.4
  • flatpak-session-helper AlmaLinux 9 1.12.9-4.el9_8.4
  • flatpak AlmaLinux 10 1.16.0-9.el10_2.4
  • flatpak-libs AlmaLinux 10 1.16.0-9.el10_2.4
  • flatpak-selinux AlmaLinux 10 1.16.0-9.el10_2.4
  • flatpak-session-helper AlmaLinux 10 1.16.0-9.el10_2.4

almalinux advisories ALSA-2026:80497ALSA-2026:80498ALSA-2026:80687

  • flatpak Rocky Linux 10 1.16.0-9.el10_2.4
  • flatpak Rocky Linux 9 1.12.9-4.el9_8.4
  • flatpak Rocky Linux 8 1.12.9-7.el8_10

rocky linux advisories RLSA-2026:80498RLSA-2026:80497RLSA-2026:80687

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red hat product security vex CVE-2026-96275 updated cvss 8.8

flatpak: flatpak: Arbitrary write access as root via extra-data extraction

  • Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder EUS (v.9.6) flatpak 1.12.9-4.el9_6.5, flatpak-session-helper 1.12.9-4.el9_6.5
    fixed: vendor fix “Avoid installing Flatpak extensions from non-trusted sources.” RHSA-2026:89733
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8) flatpak 1.12.9-7.el8_10, flatpak-libs 1.12.9-7.el8_10, flatpak-selinux 1.12.9-7.el8_10, flatpak-session-helper 1.12.9-7.el8_10
    fixed: vendor fix “Avoid installing Flatpak extensions from non-trusted sources.” RHSA-2026:80687
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9) flatpak 1.12.9-4.el9_8.4, flatpak 1.12.9-6.el9_9.5, flatpak-libs 1.12.9-4.el9_8.4, flatpak-libs 1.12.9-6.el9_9.5, flatpak-selinux 1.12.9-4.el9_8.4, flatpak-selinux 1.12.9-6.el9_9.5, +2 more
    fixed: vendor fix “Avoid installing Flatpak extensions from non-trusted sources.” RHSA-2026:80497
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 10) flatpak 1.16.0-9.el10_2.4, flatpak 1.18.0-2.el10_3.4, flatpak-libs 1.16.0-9.el10_2.4, flatpak-libs 1.18.0-2.el10_3.4, flatpak-selinux 1.16.0-9.el10_2.4, flatpak-selinux 1.18.0-2.el10_3.4, +2 more
    fixed: vendor fix “Avoid installing Flatpak extensions from non-trusted sources.” RHSA-2026:80498
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream AUS (v.8.4) flatpak 1.12.9-2.el8_4.1, flatpak-libs 1.12.9-2.el8_4.1, flatpak-selinux 1.12.9-2.el8_4.1, flatpak-session-helper 1.12.9-2.el8_4.1
    fixed: vendor fix “Avoid installing Flatpak extensions from non-trusted sources.” RHSA-2026:98112
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream AUS (v.8.6) flatpak 1.12.9-1.el8_6.1, flatpak-libs 1.12.9-1.el8_6.1, flatpak-selinux 1.12.9-1.el8_6.1, flatpak-session-helper 1.12.9-1.el8_6.1
    fixed: vendor fix “Avoid installing Flatpak extensions from non-trusted sources.” RHSA-2026:95493
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream E4S (v.8.8) flatpak 1.12.9-1.el8_8.1, flatpak-libs 1.12.9-1.el8_8.1, flatpak-selinux 1.12.9-1.el8_8.1, flatpak-session-helper 1.12.9-1.el8_8.1
    fixed: vendor fix “Avoid installing Flatpak extensions from non-trusted sources.” RHSA-2026:98127
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream E4S (v.9.2) flatpak 1.12.7-5.el9_2.5, flatpak-libs 1.12.7-5.el9_2.5, flatpak-selinux 1.12.7-5.el9_2.5, flatpak-session-helper 1.12.7-5.el9_2.5
    fixed: vendor fix “Avoid installing Flatpak extensions from non-trusted sources.” RHSA-2026:92369
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  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream E4S (v.9.4) flatpak 1.12.9-3.el9_4.5, flatpak-libs 1.12.9-3.el9_4.5, flatpak-selinux 1.12.9-3.el9_4.5, flatpak-session-helper 1.12.9-3.el9_4.5
    fixed: vendor fix “Avoid installing Flatpak extensions from non-trusted sources.” RHSA-2026:90364
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream EUS (v. 10.0) flatpak 1.16.0-5.el10_0.6, flatpak-libs 1.16.0-5.el10_0.6, flatpak-selinux 1.16.0-5.el10_0.6, flatpak-session-helper 1.16.0-5.el10_0.6
    fixed: vendor fix “Avoid installing Flatpak extensions from non-trusted sources.” RHSA-2026:92221
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream EUS (v.9.6) flatpak 1.12.9-4.el9_6.5, flatpak-libs 1.12.9-4.el9_6.5, flatpak-selinux 1.12.9-4.el9_6.5, flatpak-session-helper 1.12.9-4.el9_6.5
    fixed: vendor fix “Avoid installing Flatpak extensions from non-trusted sources.” RHSA-2026:89733
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream EUS EXTENSION (v.8.4) flatpak 1.12.9-2.el8_4.1, flatpak-libs 1.12.9-2.el8_4.1, flatpak-selinux 1.12.9-2.el8_4.1, flatpak-session-helper 1.12.9-2.el8_4.1
    fixed: vendor fix “Avoid installing Flatpak extensions from non-trusted sources.” RHSA-2026:98112
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream EUS EXTENSION (v.8.6) flatpak 1.12.9-1.el8_6.1, flatpak-libs 1.12.9-1.el8_6.1, flatpak-selinux 1.12.9-1.el8_6.1, flatpak-session-helper 1.12.9-1.el8_6.1
    fixed: vendor fix “Avoid installing Flatpak extensions from non-trusted sources.” RHSA-2026:95493
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream TUS (v.8.8) flatpak 1.12.9-1.el8_8.1, flatpak-libs 1.12.9-1.el8_8.1, flatpak-selinux 1.12.9-1.el8_8.1, flatpak-session-helper 1.12.9-1.el8_8.1
    fixed: vendor fix “Avoid installing Flatpak extensions from non-trusted sources.” RHSA-2026:98127
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux CodeReady Linux Builder (v. 9) flatpak 1.12.9-4.el9_8.4, flatpak 1.12.9-6.el9_9.5, flatpak-session-helper 1.12.9-4.el9_8.4, flatpak-session-helper 1.12.9-6.el9_9.5
    fixed: vendor fix “Avoid installing Flatpak extensions from non-trusted sources.” RHSA-2026:80497
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux CodeReady Linux Builder (v. 10) flatpak-devel 1.16.0-9.el10_2.4, flatpak-devel 1.18.0-2.el10_3.4, flatpak-debuginfo 1.16.0-9.el10_2.4, flatpak-debuginfo 1.18.0-2.el10_3.4, flatpak-debugsource 1.16.0-9.el10_2.4, flatpak-debugsource 1.18.0-2.el10_3.4, +6 more
    fixed: vendor fix “Avoid installing Flatpak extensions from non-trusted sources.” RHSA-2026:80498
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux CodeReady Linux Builder EUS (v. 10.0) flatpak-devel 1.16.0-5.el10_0.6, flatpak-debuginfo 1.16.0-5.el10_0.6, flatpak-debugsource 1.16.0-5.el10_0.6, flatpak-libs-debuginfo 1.16.0-5.el10_0.6, flatpak-tests-debuginfo 1.16.0-5.el10_0.6, flatpak-session-helper-debuginfo 1.16.0-5.el10_0.6
    fixed: vendor fix “Avoid installing Flatpak extensions from non-trusted sources.” RHSA-2026:92221
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux CRB (v. 8) flatpak 1.12.9-7.el8_10, flatpak-session-helper 1.12.9-7.el8_10
    fixed: vendor fix “Avoid installing Flatpak extensions from non-trusted sources.” RHSA-2026:80687
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7 ELS) flatpak 1.12.9-6.el7_9, flatpak-libs 1.12.9-6.el7_9 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 7 ELS) flatpak-builder 1.0.0-18.el7_9
    fixed: vendor fix “Avoid installing Flatpak extensions from non-trusted sources.” RHSA-2026:99010

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

CISA SSVC

Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
total
Assessed
last mo.

Exploit prediction

0.59% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 48% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-11).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 3.1 8.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected products

  • Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10
  • Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10.0 Extended Update Support
  • Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Extended Lifecycle Support
  • Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
  • Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 Advanced Mission Critical Update Support
  • Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 Extended Update Support Long-Life Add-On
  • Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 Advanced Mission Critical Update Support
  • Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 Extended Update Support Long-Life Add-On
  • Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.8 Telecommunications Update Service
  • Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.8 Update Services for SAP Solutions
  • Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9
  • Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.2 Update Services for SAP Solutions
  • Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.4 Update Services for SAP Solutions
  • Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.6 Extended Update Support

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-22 Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory

References

Sources

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The maintainers of flatpak/flatpak published their own advisory on GitHub. Reviewed sources take precedence over it.