A malicious user can get read-access to files in the flatpak-system-helper context if a system OCI repository is configured, because the OCI code paths in the system helper follow symlinks when importing OCI images that are under the user's control.
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Remove all OCI system remotes.
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Sun, 27 Sep 2026 22:30:00 +0000
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| Description | A malicious user can get read-access to files in the flatpak-system-helper context if a system OCI repository is configured, because the OCI code paths in the system helper follow symlinks when importing OCI images that are under the user's control. | |
| Title | Flatpak: flatpak: arbitrary read-access to files in the system-helper context via oci symlink following | |
| First Time appeared |
Redhat
Redhat enterprise Linux |
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| Weaknesses | CWE-59 | |
| CPEs | cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:10 cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7 cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8 cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9 |
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Redhat
Redhat enterprise Linux |
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cvssV3_1
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: redhat
Published:
Updated: 2026-09-27T22:20:48.851Z
Reserved: 2026-09-22T20:44:18.585Z
Link: CVE-2026-96284
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