MinorCritical vulnerability

CVE-2026-97023 (CVSS 7.1)

NVD · officialPublished Sep 28, 2026Risk 23/100

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.

Technical details

CVSS

7.1

AV:NetworkAC:LowPR:NoneUI:RequiredC:NoneI:LowA:High

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