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Red HatCVE-2026-86320

Red Hat flatpak-builder: code execution

High7.8CVE-2026-86320 · Published Sep 17, 2026 · updated Sep 18, 2026

A flaw was found in flatpak-builder where Git hooks are not disabled when applying patch sources with use-git-am: true. An attacker who can provide a malicious source containing a Git post-applypatch hook can cause the hook to execute on the host during the build process, resulting in arbitrary code execution with the privileges of the user running flatpak-builder.

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Affected versions

PackageAffectedFixed in
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10
Product
all versionsNo fix yet
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
Product
all versionsNo fix yet
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9
Product
all versionsNo fix yet
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