CVE-2026-97023

A path traversal vulnerability in Flatpak's handling of the export/bin directory during app deployment allows a malicious Flatpak app to cause deletion of attacker-chosen files outside the deployment directory when the app is installed or upgraded. In system-wide installations, the deletion is performed as root.

CVSS 3.1

7.1CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H

EPSS

0.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 20% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-25)

CWE

CWE-61

Published

2026-09-28

Modified

2026-10-26

Record from

the NVD, synced 2026-10-26

References

• https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:89849
• https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:89850
• https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-97023
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2542606
• https://github.com/flatpak/flatpak/security/advisories/GHSA-5p67-xh8x-rq54

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