{"id":"CVE-2026-97024","title":"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 …","summary":"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 …","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":"2026-09-29","updated":"2026-09-29","sourceUpdated":"2026-09-29T04:18:02.397","source":"NVD","sourceUrl":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-97024","references":[{"url":"https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-97024","label":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2542625","label":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"https://github.com/flatpak/flatpak/security/advisories/GHSA-8xgq-v545-vgvf","label":"secalert@redhat.com"}],"tags":["nvd","cve.org"],"ingestedAt":"2026-09-29T04:27:15.487Z","slug":"CVE-2026-97024","body":"## Overview\n\nA 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.\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":[]}