CVE-2026-74859
The shell theme installer in gnome-tweaks extracts user-supplied ZIP archives without validating archive member paths. As a result, a crafted theme archive can write files outside ~/.themes by using ../ path traversal, absolute paths, or symlink entries.
- Published Sep 8, 2026
- CVSS 6.8 medium
- 0.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS)