Medium
CVE-2026-96807
In Flatpak before 1.18.1, a malicious sandboxed app can replace ~/.var/app/$appid/.ld.so with a symlink, causing regenerate_ld_cache to write files at an arbitrary location. The filenames and content are not attacker controlled, making this hard to exploit.
Announced Source revision 1
Original source ↗CVE-2026-96807
Primary source · Revision 1
Imported from structured advisory data. Source references identify upstream records or fields; verify affected versions and your deployed configuration.
Security context
Source reference: cve:CVE-2026-96807
Flatpak
Source reference: /containers/cna/affected/0/product
- Affected versions
- Not stated in this record
- Fixed versions
- Not stated in this record
- Prerequisites
- Not stated in this record
Structured affected-version data
Original package identities and version rules from this source.
[
{
"repo": "https://github.com/flatpak/flatpak",
"vendor": "Flatpak",
"product": "Flatpak",
"versions": [
{
"status": "affected",
"version": "0",
"lessThan": "1.18.1",
"versionType": "semver"
}
],
"platforms": [
"Linux"
],
"programFiles": [
"common/flatpak-run.c"
],
"defaultStatus": "unaffected",
"programRoutines": [
{
"name": "regenerate_ld_cache"
}
]
}
]- Related CVEs
- CVE-2026-96807
Source reference:
/cveMetadata/cveId
Publisher severity
medium
Source reference: /containers/cna/metrics
- Event
- #2420 · Revision 1
- Added to Heist Feed
- Publisher date