Vulnerability details
CVE-2026-97023
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
Flatpak: flatpak: arbitrary file deletion in root context via path traversal in deploy directory export/bin
CVSS 3.1
7.1High
Official description
A path traversal vulnerability in Flatpak's handling of the export/bin directory during app deployment allows a malicious Flatpak app to cause deletion of attacker-chosen files outside the deployment directory when the app is installed or upgraded. In system-wide installations, the deletion is performed as root.
CVSS scores
| Score | Version | Source | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7.1High | 3.1 | CVEProject cvelistV5 (CNA) (redhat) | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H |
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat | Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | All | CVEProject cvelistV5 (CNA) |
References and advisories
10- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:89849 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:89850 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:89859 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:95061 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:95062 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:95063 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:95064 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-97023 vdb-entryx_refsource_REDHAT
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2542606 issue-trackingx_refsource_REDHAT
- https://github.com/flatpak/flatpak/security/advisories/GHSA-5p67-xh8x-rq54
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Details
- Published
- 2026-09-28
- Last updated
- 2026-11-05
- State
- Published
- Assigner (CNA)
- redhat
Exploit prediction (EPSS)
0.46%
Probability of exploitation in 30 days
40.1%
Percentile (among all CVEs)
SSVC assessment (CISA)
- Automatable
- No
- Exploitation
- None
- Technical impact
- Partial
Weaknesses (CWE)
- CWE-61UNIX Symbolic Link (Symlink) Following