---
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'
---

## Overview

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 user's control.

## Remediation

Refer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.