The shell theme installer in gnome-tweaks extracts user-supplied ZIP archives without validating archive member paths. As a result, a crafted theme archive can write files outside ~/.themes by using ../ path traversal, absolute paths, or symlink entries.
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Tue, 08 Sep 2026 09:15:00 +0000
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| Description | The shell theme installer in gnome-tweaks extracts user-supplied ZIP archives without validating archive member paths. As a result, a crafted theme archive can write files outside ~/.themes by using ../ path traversal, absolute paths, or symlink entries. | |
| Title | Gnome-tweaks: path traversal in theme installer | |
| First Time appeared |
Redhat
Redhat enterprise Linux |
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| Weaknesses | CWE-22 | |
| CPEs | cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8 cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9 |
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Redhat
Redhat enterprise Linux |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: redhat
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Updated: 2026-09-08T09:01:20.640Z
Reserved: 2026-08-17T09:57:05.862Z
Link: CVE-2026-74859
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Status : Awaiting Analysis
Published: 2026-09-08T09:18:20.960
Modified: 2026-09-08T19:08:15.590
Link: CVE-2026-74859
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