{"id":"CVE-2026-97023","title":"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 o…","summary":"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 o…","severity":"high","cvss":7.1,"cvssVector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H","cwe":["CWE-61"],"vendor":"Red Hat","product":"flatpak","affected":["flatpak (all versions)","flatpak (all versions)","flatpak (all versions)","flatpak (all versions)"],"published":"2026-09-28","updated":"2026-09-28","sourceUpdated":"2026-09-28T19:16:50.710","source":"NVD","sourceUrl":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-97023","references":[{"url":"https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-97023","label":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"https://github.com/flatpak/flatpak/security/advisories/GHSA-5p67-xh8x-rq54","label":"secalert@redhat.com"}],"tags":["nvd","cve.org"],"ingestedAt":"2026-09-28T19:19:07.734Z","slug":"CVE-2026-97023","body":"## Overview\n\nA 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.\n\n## Remediation\n\nRefer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.","depth":"twilight","depthScore":39,"depthScoreParts":{"impact":39.1,"likelihood":0,"exploitation":0,"ransomware":0},"changes":[]}