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Unity Linux 20.1050a / 20.1060a / 20.1070a Security Update: flatpak (UTSA-2026-142358)

🗓️ 21 Oct 2026 00:00:00Reported by TenableType 
nessus
 nessus
🔗 www.tenable.com

Local root privilege escalation in Flatpak via symlink traversal in revokefs.

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#%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 80900
##
# (C) Tenable, Inc.
##

include('compat.inc');

if (description)
{
  script_id(370110);
  script_version("1.1");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2026/10/21");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2026-96808");

  script_name(english:"Unity Linux 20.1050a / 20.1060a / 20.1070a Security Update: flatpak (UTSA-2026-142358)");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value:
"The Unity Linux host is missing one or more security updates.");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value:
"The Unity Linux 20 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the
UTSA-2026-142358 advisory.

    In Flatpak before 1.18.1, the revokefs writer, used by the flatpak-system-helper to receive repository
    data from unprivileged callers, validated file paths by rejecting literal .. components but did not
    prevent symlink traversal. A malicious local user in an active local session could obtain two revokefs
    sessions via the system helper, create a symlink in one session pointing into the other session's
    directory, and retain a file descriptor through that symlink. This allowed the attacker to modify files
    belonging to a different revokefs session after they had been validated and imported by the system helper.
    In particular, an attacker could use this to tamper with ostree commit objects in the system repository
    after they passed signature verification, enabling root-controlled file writes to attacker-chosen paths
    and local root privilege escalation.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Unity Linux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version
number.");
  # https://src.uniontech.com/#/security_advisory_detail?utsa_id=UTSA-2026-142358
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?aae9f646");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-96808");
  # https://github.com/flatpak/flatpak/security/advisories/GHSA-qrwq-7qwx-q9rp
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?2c664bc5");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
"Update the affected flatpak package.");
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C");
  script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:U/RL:OF/RC:C");
  script_set_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H");
  script_set_cvss3_temporal_vector("CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cvss_score_source", value:"CVE-2026-96808");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"No known exploits are available");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"false");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2026/09/23");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2026/10/22");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2026/10/21");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"generated_plugin", value:"current");
  script_end_attributes();

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_family(english:"Unity Linux Local Security Checks");

  script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2026 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");

  script_dependencies("ssh_get_info2.nasl");
  script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/UOS-Server/release", "Host/UOS-Server/rpm-list", "Host/cpu");

  exit(0);
}
include('rpm2.inc');

if (!get_kb_item('Host/local_checks_enabled')) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
var os_product = get_kb_item('installed_os/local/SSH/0/product');
if (isnull(os_product) || 'UOS Server' >!< os_product) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, 'UOS Server');
var os_version = get_kb_item('installed_os/local/SSH/0/version');
if (isnull(os_version)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_APP_VER, 'UOS Server');
if (! preg(pattern:"^(20.1050a|20.1060a|20.1070a)([^0-9]|$)", string:os_version)) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, 'UOS Server 20.1050a / 20.1060a / 20.1070a', 'UOS Server ' + os_version);

if (!get_kb_item('Host/UOS-Server/rpm-list')) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);

var cpu = get_kb_item('Host/cpu');
if (isnull(cpu)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_ARCH);
if ('aarch64' >!< cpu && 'amd64' >!< cpu && 'loongarch64' >!< cpu && 'x86_64' >!< cpu) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_IMPLEMENTED, 'UOS Server', cpu);


var constraints = [
  {
    'release': '20',
    'sp': '1050a',
    'pkgs': [
      {'reference':'flatpak-1.12.9-7.uelc20.01', 'sp':'1050a', 'cpu':'aarch64', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
      {'reference':'flatpak-1.12.9-7.uelc20.01', 'sp':'1050a', 'cpu':'amd64', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
      {'reference':'flatpak-1.12.9-7.uelc20.01', 'sp':'1050a', 'cpu':'loongarch64', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
      {'reference':'flatpak-1.12.9-7.uelc20.01', 'sp':'1050a', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE}
    ]
  },
  {
    'release': '20',
    'sp': '1060a',
    'pkgs': [
      {'reference':'flatpak-1.12.9-7.uelc20.01', 'sp':'1060a', 'cpu':'aarch64', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
      {'reference':'flatpak-1.12.9-7.uelc20.01', 'sp':'1060a', 'cpu':'amd64', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
      {'reference':'flatpak-1.12.9-7.uelc20.01', 'sp':'1060a', 'cpu':'loongarch64', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
      {'reference':'flatpak-1.12.9-7.uelc20.01', 'sp':'1060a', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE}
    ]
  },
  {
    'release': '20',
    'sp': '1070a',
    'pkgs': [
      {'reference':'flatpak-1.12.9-7.uelc20.01', 'sp':'1070a', 'cpu':'aarch64', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
      {'reference':'flatpak-1.12.9-7.uelc20.01', 'sp':'1070a', 'cpu':'amd64', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
      {'reference':'flatpak-1.12.9-7.uelc20.01', 'sp':'1070a', 'cpu':'loongarch64', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
      {'reference':'flatpak-1.12.9-7.uelc20.01', 'sp':'1070a', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE}
    ]
  }
];

var os_release = get_one_kb_item('installed_os/local/SSH/0/release');
var os_sp = get_one_kb_item('Host/*/minor_release');

var flag = 0;
var reference;
var sp;
var _cpu;
var el_string;
var rpm_spec_vers_cmp;
var epoch;
var allowmaj;
var exists_check;
var cves;
foreach var constraint ( constraints ) {
  # Check that the target release is equal to the affected release
  if (!empty_or_null(constraint['release'])){
    if (constraint['release'] != os_release) continue;
  }
  if (!empty_or_null(constraint['sp'])){
    if (constraint['sp'] != os_sp) continue;
  }
  foreach var pkg ( constraint['pkgs'] ) {
    reference = NULL;
    sp = NULL;
    _cpu = NULL;
    el_string = NULL;
    rpm_spec_vers_cmp = NULL;
    epoch = NULL;
    allowmaj = NULL;
    exists_check = NULL;
    cves = NULL;
    if (!empty_or_null(pkg['reference'])) reference = pkg['reference'];
    if (!empty_or_null(pkg['sp'])) sp = pkg['sp'];
    if (!empty_or_null(pkg['cpu'])) _cpu = pkg['cpu'];
    if (!empty_or_null(pkg['el_string'])) el_string = pkg['el_string'];
    if (!empty_or_null(pkg['rpm_spec_vers_cmp'])) rpm_spec_vers_cmp = pkg['rpm_spec_vers_cmp'];
    if (!empty_or_null(pkg['epoch'])) epoch = pkg['epoch'];
    if (!empty_or_null(pkg['allowmaj'])) allowmaj = pkg['allowmaj'];
    if (!empty_or_null(pkg['exists_check'])) exists_check = pkg['exists_check'];
    if (!empty_or_null(pkg['cves'])) cves = pkg['cves'];
    if (reference &&
        ## (no known rpm to check OR known rpm_exists)
        (!exists_check || rpm_exists(rpm:exists_check)) &&
        rpm_check(sp:sp, cpu:_cpu, reference:reference, epoch:epoch, el_string:el_string, rpm_spec_vers_cmp:rpm_spec_vers_cmp, allowmaj:allowmaj, cves:cves)) flag++;
  }
}


if (flag)
{
  security_report_v4(
      port       : 0,
      severity   : SECURITY_WARNING,
      extra      : rpm_report_get()
  );
  exit(0);
}
else
{
  var tested = pkg_tests_get();
  if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested);
  else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, 'flatpak');
}

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21 Oct 2026 00:00Current
6Medium risk
Vulners AI Score6
CVSS 3.17.4
EPSS0.00115
SSVC
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