๐Ÿ” CVE Alert

CVE-2026-96807

MEDIUM 4.0
CVSS Score
4.0
EPSS Score
0.0%
EPSS Percentile
0th

In Flatpak before 1.18.1, a malicious sandboxed app can replace ~/.var/app/$appid/.ld.so with a symlink, causing regenerate_ld_cache to write files at an arbitrary location. The filenames and content are not attacker controlled, making this hard to exploit.

CWE CWE-61
Vendor flatpak
Product flatpak
Published Sep 23, 2026
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CVSS v3 Breakdown

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L
Attack Vector
Local
Attack Complexity
High
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
Low
Availability
Low

Affected Versions

Flatpak / Flatpak
0 < 1.18.1

References

NVD โ†— CVE.org โ†— EPSS Data โ†—
github.com: https://github.com/flatpak/flatpak/security/advisories/GHSA-99wv-m8rp-g58x