{"id":"CVE-2026-97024","published":"2026-09-29T04:18:02.397","lastModified":"2026-09-29T21:29:07.663","description":"A path traversal vulnerability in Flatpak's handling of the files/etc directory during app deployment allows a malicious Flatpak app to cause certain host system files (such as passwd, group, machine-id, or resolv.conf) to be emptied or replaced with a symlink when the app is installed or upgraded. In system-wide installations, the write is performed as root.","cvssScore":7.1,"cvssSeverity":"HIGH","cvssVector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H","cwes":["CWE-61"],"vendors":[],"products":[],"references":[{"url":"https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-97024","tags":[]},{"url":"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2542625","tags":[]},{"url":"https://github.com/flatpak/flatpak/security/advisories/GHSA-8xgq-v545-vgvf","tags":[]}],"exploitRefs":[{"url":"https://github.com/flatpak/flatpak/security/advisories/GHSA-8xgq-v545-vgvf","tags":[]}],"hasPoc":true,"ai":null}