Status: UPDATED
| Advisory ID: CVE-2026-96275
Key Details
| CVE | CVE-2026-96275 |
| CVSS Score / Version | 8.8 (High) / CVSS v3.1 |
| Updated | 2026-09-25 |
| CVSS Vector | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| CVSS Prose | attack vector is network; attack complexity is low; privileges required is none; user interaction is required; scope is unchanged; confidentiality impact is high; integrity impact is high; availability impact is high. |
| Affected products | Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10, Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8, Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9, and Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 |
| Classified as | CWE-22 (Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')) |
Affected Products, Subsystems & Sectors
| Subsystems | General OT |
| Sectors | Multiple |
What to Know
A malicious or compromised Flatpak repository can write attacker-controlled content to arbitrary locations on the host filesystem via extract_extra_data(). On system installs, the write happens as root. Two issues combine: `files/extra` is resolved via path operations that follow symlinks, and blob names from `xa.extra-data-sources` are not sanitized against `..` traversal. (NVD)
What to Do
Monitor Red Hat's web page for any future patch releases.
References