CVE-2026-96279

Medium

Description

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.

SeverityMedium
CVSS6.5
Exploit probability—
ProductRed Hat Enterprise Linux 10
PublishedSep 27, 2026
First seenSep 27, 2026

How to fix

Sources list no fixed version or patch link for this vulnerability.

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10No range specified—

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