[ CVE-2026-96807 · Published 23 Sep 2026 ]

Vulnerability in Flatpak

CVSS 4.0 EPSS <1%No fix listed yet

[ Description ]Official description

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.

[ Fixes ]Fixes and patches

No fix or interim patch is linked from our sources yet. Check the vendor references below and limit exposure of affected systems until a fix is available.