🔐 CVE Alert

CVE-2026-97027

LOW 3.6

Flatpak: flatpak: denial of service via unsanitized keys in exported desktop entry / d-bus service files

CVSS Score
3.6
EPSS Score
0.0%
EPSS Percentile
0th

Flatpak passes through arbitrary vendor-extension keys unmodified when exporting an application's Desktop Entry (.desktop) and D-Bus Service (.service) files, instead of validating against an allowlist. A malicious Flatpak app can use this to cause denial of service (e.g. forced application restart loops) or to influence host D-Bus/systemd activation behavior beyond what the sandbox is intended to permit.

CWE CWE-20
Vendor red hat
Product red hat enterprise linux 10
Published Sep 28, 2026
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CVSS v3 Breakdown

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

Affected Versions

Red Hat / Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10
All versions affected
Red Hat / Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
All versions affected
Red Hat / Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
All versions affected
Red Hat / Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9
All versions affected

References

NVD ↗ CVE.org ↗ EPSS Data ↗
access.redhat.com: https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-97027 bugzilla.redhat.com: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2542683 github.com: https://github.com/flatpak/flatpak/security/advisories/GHSA-v64f-hrwr-j4vh

Credits

Red Hat would like to thank Markus Göllnitz for reporting this issue.