{"id":"CVE-2026-96284","title":"A malicious user can get read-access to files in the flatpak-system-helper context if a system OCI repository is configured, because the OCI code paths in the system helper follow symlinks when importing OCI images that are under the use…","summary":"A malicious user can get read-access to files in the flatpak-system-helper context if a system OCI repository is configured, because the OCI code paths in the system helper follow symlinks when importing OCI images that are under the use…","severity":"low","cvss":2.5,"cvssVector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N","cwe":["CWE-59"],"vendor":"Red Hat","product":"flatpak","affected":["flatpak (all versions)","flatpak (all versions)","flatpak (all versions)","flatpak (all versions)"],"published":"2026-09-27","updated":"2026-09-27","sourceUpdated":"2026-09-27T23:17:01.130","source":"NVD","sourceUrl":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-96284","references":[{"url":"https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-96284","label":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2539423","label":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"https://github.com/flatpak/flatpak/security/advisories/GHSA-2fxp-43j9-pwvc","label":"secalert@redhat.com"}],"tags":["nvd","cve.org"],"ingestedAt":"2026-09-27T22:59:18.880Z","slug":"CVE-2026-96284","body":"## Overview\n\nA malicious user can get read-access to files in the flatpak-system-helper context if a system OCI repository is configured, because the OCI code paths in the system helper follow symlinks when importing OCI images that are under the user's control.\n\n## Remediation\n\nRefer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.","depth":"sunlit","depthScore":14,"depthScoreParts":{"impact":13.8,"likelihood":0,"exploitation":0,"ransomware":0},"changes":[]}