Red HatCVE-2026-74859
Red Hat Enterprise Linux: path traversal
Medium6.8CVE-2026-74859 · Published Sep 8, 2026 · updated Sep 9, 2026
The shell theme installer in gnome-tweaks extracts user-supplied ZIP archives without validating archive member paths. As a result, a crafted theme archive can write files outside ~/.themes by using ../ path traversal, absolute paths, or symlink entries.
Affected versions
| Package | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 Product | all versions | No fix yet |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 Product | all versions | No fix yet |
Details and references
- CVSS 3.1
- CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:H
- Severity from
- the vendor (its own CVE record or advisory)
- Weakness
- CWE-22
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