DEBIAN-CVE-2026-96279
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.
DEBIAN-CVE-2026-96279
Primary source · Revision 1
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Security context
Source reference: osv:DEBIAN-CVE-2026-96279
flatpak
Source reference: /affected/0/package/name
- Affected versions
- 1.16.1-1
Source reference:
/affected/0/versions1.16.1-2Source reference:
/affected/0/versions1.16.1-3Source reference:
/affected/0/versions1.16.2-1Source reference:
/affected/0/versions1.16.2-1~deb13u1Source reference:
/affected/0/versions1.16.3-1Source reference:
/affected/0/versions1.16.3-1~deb13u1Source reference:
/affected/0/versions1.16.4-1Source reference:
/affected/0/versions1.16.4-2Source reference:
/affected/0/versions1.16.5-1Source reference:
/affected/0/versions1.16.6-1Source reference:
/affected/0/versions1.16.6-1~deb13u1Source reference:
/affected/0/versions1.16.6-1~deb13u1~bpo12+1Source reference:
/affected/0/versions1.16.6-1~deb13u2Source reference:
/affected/0/versions1.16.6-1~deb13u3Source reference:
/affected/0/versions1.17.2-1Source reference:
/affected/0/versions1.17.3-1Source reference:
/affected/0/versions1.17.3-2Source reference:
/affected/0/versions1.17.6-1Source reference:
/affected/0/versions1.18.0-1Source reference:
/affected/0/versions - Fixed versions
- 1.18.1-1
Source reference:
/affected/0/ranges - Prerequisites
- Not stated in this record
Structured affected-version data
Original package identities and version rules from this source.
[
{
"ranges": [
{
"type": "ECOSYSTEM",
"events": [
{
"introduced": "0"
},
{
"fixed": "1.18.1-1"
}
]
}
],
"package": {
"name": "flatpak",
"purl": "pkg:deb/debian/flatpak?arch=source&distro=forky",
"ecosystem": "Debian:14"
},
"versions": [
"1.16.1-1",
"1.16.1-2",
"1.16.1-3",
"1.16.2-1",
"1.16.2-1~deb13u1",
"1.16.3-1",
"1.16.3-1~deb13u1",
"1.16.4-1",
"1.16.4-2",
"1.16.5-1",
"1.16.6-1",
"1.16.6-1~deb13u1",
"1.16.6-1~deb13u1~bpo12+1",
"1.16.6-1~deb13u2",
"1.16.6-1~deb13u3",
"1.17.2-1",
"1.17.3-1",
"1.17.3-2",
"1.17.6-1",
"1.18.0-1"
],
"database_specific": {
"source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2026-96279.json"
},
"ecosystem_specific": {
"urgency": "not yet assigned"
}
}
]Publisher severity
No explicit severity was provided.
- Event
- #37067 · Revision 1
- Added to Heist Feed
- Publisher date