[ CVE-2026-97024 · Published 29 Sep 2026 ]
Vulnerability in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10
CVSS 7.1
EPSS <1%No fix listed yet
[ Description ]Official description
A path traversal vulnerability in Flatpak's handling of the files/etc directory during app deployment allows a malicious Flatpak app to cause certain host system files (such as passwd, group, machine-id, or resolv.conf) to be emptied or replaced with a symlink when the app is installed or upgraded. In system-wide installations, the write is performed as root.
[ 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.