flatpak: Flatpak: Local privilege escalation via symlink traversal in revokefs writer

A flaw was found in Flatpak. A malicious local user in an active local session could exploit a symlink traversal vulnerability in the revokefs writer. This flaw allows an attacker to modify files belonging to a different revokefs session after they have been validated. Consequently, an attacker...

SUSE CVE-2026-96808

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...

CVE-2026-96808

A flaw was found in Flatpak. A malicious local user in an active local session could exploit a symlink traversal vulnerability in the revokefs writer. This flaw allows an attacker to modify files belonging to a different revokefs session after they have been validated. Consequently, an attacker...

UBUNTU-CVE-2026-96808

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...

CVE-2026-96808

Flatpak versions prior to 1.18.1 contain a symlink traversal vulnerability in the revokefs writer component, which is utilized by the flatpak-system-helper to process repository data from unprivileged callers. While the system rejects literal .. components, it fails to prevent traversal via symli...

CVE-2026-96808

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...

CVE-2026-96808

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...

CVE-2026-96808: UNIX Symbolic Link (Symlink) Following

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...

PT-2026-97418

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Flatpak versions prior to 1.18.1 Description The revokefs writer, utilized by the flatpak-system-helper to receive repository data from unprivileged callers, fails to prevent symlink traversal despite rejecting literal .. components in file...