CVE-2026-96275High· 8.8▾ TwilightA 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` …
▾ Twilight zone — High severity, or a signal on a lesser flaw
impact 48.4 · likelihood 0 · exploitation 0
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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.
Refer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.
Connected by shared product, vendor, weakness, or advisory.
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