CVE-2026-96282
CVE-2026-96282: 1 tracked advisory record across Red Hat. Compare vendor sources and published fix guidance.
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1 advisory- Advisory severityLow3.1
Low [CVE-2026-96282] Flatpak: flatpak: extension metadata path traversal file existence oracle
CVE-2026-96282Source published Source updated
A malicious Flatpak extension can probe the host filesystem to determine what files and directories exist at arbitrary paths, and host directory listings can be disclosed to sandboxed applications using the extension. Additionally, unvalidated extension metadata can cause extension content to be mounted at unintended locations inside the sandbox. Red Hat estimates the CVSSv3.1 vector of CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N. Exploitation requires a user to install a malicious Flatpak extension and use it with an application (AV:N, PR:N). The victim must specifically use a malicious extension in combination with a consuming application, and then launch that application (AC:H, UI:R). When Flatpak launches an application, it performs host-side file operations inside extension content…
- Affected products in this advisory
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9
1 more entries in the full advisory.
- Source-reported affected versions
- Affected-version details not available in this record.
- Source-reported fixed versions
- No fixed-version detail extracted. This does not mean no fix exists.
- Mitigation guidance
- Avoid installing Flatpak extensions from non-trusted sources.
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