Red HatCVE-2026-96275
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7: path traversal
No fix yet
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.
Affected versions
| Package | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Product | all versions | No fix yet |
Details and references
- CVSS 3.1
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Severity from
- the vendor (its own CVE record or advisory)
- Weakness
- CWE-22
- www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-96275
- nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-96275
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:80497
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:80498
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:80687
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:89733
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:90364
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:92221
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:92369
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:95493
- access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-96275
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2539416
- github.com/flatpak/flatpak/security/advisories/GHSA-fqx6-vh4p-42cg