Description (CNA)
A malicious OCI registry can hardlink arbitrary host files into the extraction directory when a user installs or updates a Flatpak application from an OCI remote, allowing disclosure of arbitrary host file contents. For system-wide installs running as root, this includes sensitive files such as /etc/shadow.
Affected (CNA)
| Vendor / product | Versions |
|---|---|
| Red Hat / Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 | affected |
| Red Hat / Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | unaffected |
| Red Hat / Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 | unaffected |
| Red Hat / Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 | unaffected |
CWE
CWE-59
References
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-96279
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2539417
- https://github.com/flatpak/flatpak/security/advisories/GHSA-9rww-v4mm-x4jg
ADP enrichment
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