CVE-2026-96275
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.
- Published Sep 23, 2026
- CVSS 8.8 high
- 0.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS)
- A fix is available