CVE-2026-96284CWE-59

CVE-2026-96284

Low · published September 28, 2026

CVSS v3.1
2.5
EPSS
0%
Percentile
3.3
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

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.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
2.5 · LOW
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00143 · 3.3th percentile
Weakness
CWE-59 · Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following')
Published
2026-09-28T03:17Z
References (3)
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-96284 · [email protected]https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2539423 · [email protected]https://github.com/flatpak/flatpak/security/advisories/GHSA-2fxp-43j9-pwvc · [email protected]
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 29 SEP 03:28Z
    EPSS moved — → 0%
    epss
  • 27 SEP 22:04Z
    Flatpak: flatpak: arbitrary read-access to files in the system-helper context via oci symlink following
    cvelistv5