Important: flatpak security update
Flatpak is a system for building, distributing, and running sandboxed desktop applications on Linux. Security Fix(es): * flatpak: flatpak: Arbitrary file deletion in root context via path traversal in deploy directory export/bin (CVE-2026-97023) * flatpak: flatpak: Arbitrary write in root context via path traversal in deploy directory files/etc (CVE-2026-97024) For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.
- Products
- flatpak
- Affected versions
- Not specified
- Fixed versions
- 0:1.12.9-4.el9_8.6
- CVEs
- CVE-2026-97023, CVE-2026-97024
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 1 Nov 2026, 17:57 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
Flatpak is a system for building, distributing, and running sandboxed desktop applications on Linux. Security Fix(es): * flatpak: flatpak: Arbitrary file deletion in root context via path traversal in deploy directory export/bin (CVE-2026-97023) * flatpak: flatpak: Arbitrary write in root context via path traversal in deploy directory files/etc (CVE-2026-97024) For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.
osv:RLSA-2026:89850
flatpak
Fixed versions: 0:1.12.9-4.el9_8.6
Complete source record
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"url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/RLSA-2026%3A89850",
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"summary": "Flatpak is a system for building, distributing, and running sandboxed desktop applications on Linux. Security Fix(es): * flatpak: flatpak: Arbitrary file deletion in root context via path traversal in deploy directory export/bin (CVE-2026-97023) * flatpak: flatpak: Arbitrary write in root context via path traversal in deploy directory files/etc (CVE-2026-97024) For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.",
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"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2542606",
"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2542625",
"https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:89850"
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"source_id": "core-osv",
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