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CVE-2026-96279

Flatpak: flatpak: path traversal issue in oci archive extraction via hardlinks

No known exploitation. No EPSS score yet. Only a workaround so far.

Published Updated Sources: CVE.org

What to do

No fixed build is published yet. The vendor describes a workaround.

What it is

From the CVE record

A malicious OCI registry can hardlink arbitrary host files into the extraction directory when a user installs or updates a Flatpak application from an OCI remote, allowing disclosure of arbitrary host file contents. For system-wide installs running as root, this includes sensitive files such as /etc/shadow.

In plain language

No plain-language summary for this CVE yet.

Exploitation

Where each signal puts this CVE on the scale from published to confirmed exploited.

CISA KEV

Not in the catalog. CISA has not confirmed exploitation.

Public exploits

No public exploit or proof of concept found in the sources we track.

EPSS

No EPSS score yet. New CVEs are usually scored within a few days.

Lifecycle

5 events over 0 days, from the signal feeds we watch.

  1. Workaround availablepublished, weakness classified, att&ck mapped, record updated

Affected products

Technical detail

Weaknesses

ATT&CK techniques

Mapped from the weaknesses above (CWE to ATT&CK), not observed in attacks.

Sources

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