RHSA-2026:95063HighCVSS 7.1

Red Hat Security Advisory: flatpak security update

Published
November 4, 2026
Last Modified
November 6, 2026

🔗 CVE IDs covered (2)

CVE-2026-97024 →CVE-2026-97023 →

📋 Description

CVE-2026-97023 — flatpak: flatpak: Arbitrary file deletion in root context via path traversal in deploy directory export/bin CVE-2026-97024 — flatpak: flatpak: Arbitrary write in root context via path traversal in deploy directory files/etc

🎯 Affected products41

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream E4S (v.9.2)
  • flatpak-0:1.12.7-5.el9_2.7.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream E4S (v.9.2)
  • flatpak-0:1.12.7-5.el9_2.7.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream E4S (v.9.2)
  • flatpak-0:1.12.7-5.el9_2.7.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream E4S (v.9.2)
  • flatpak-0:1.12.7-5.el9_2.7.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream E4S (v.9.2)
  • flatpak-0:1.12.7-5.el9_2.7.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream E4S (v.9.2)
  • flatpak-debuginfo-0:1.12.7-5.el9_2.7.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream E4S (v.9.2)
  • flatpak-debuginfo-0:1.12.7-5.el9_2.7.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream E4S (v.9.2)
  • flatpak-debuginfo-0:1.12.7-5.el9_2.7.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream E4S (v.9.2)
  • flatpak-debuginfo-0:1.12.7-5.el9_2.7.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream E4S (v.9.2)
  • flatpak-debuginfo-0:1.12.7-5.el9_2.7.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream E4S (v.9.2)
  • flatpak-debugsource-0:1.12.7-5.el9_2.7.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream E4S (v.9.2)
  • flatpak-debugsource-0:1.12.7-5.el9_2.7.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream E4S (v.9.2)
  • flatpak-debugsource-0:1.12.7-5.el9_2.7.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream E4S (v.9.2)
  • flatpak-debugsource-0:1.12.7-5.el9_2.7.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream E4S (v.9.2)
  • flatpak-debugsource-0:1.12.7-5.el9_2.7.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream E4S (v.9.2)
  • flatpak-libs-0:1.12.7-5.el9_2.7.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream E4S (v.9.2)
  • flatpak-libs-0:1.12.7-5.el9_2.7.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream E4S (v.9.2)
  • flatpak-libs-0:1.12.7-5.el9_2.7.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream E4S (v.9.2)
  • flatpak-libs-0:1.12.7-5.el9_2.7.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream E4S (v.9.2)
  • flatpak-libs-0:1.12.7-5.el9_2.7.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream E4S (v.9.2)
  • flatpak-libs-debuginfo-0:1.12.7-5.el9_2.7.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream E4S (v.9.2)
  • flatpak-libs-debuginfo-0:1.12.7-5.el9_2.7.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream E4S (v.9.2)
  • flatpak-libs-debuginfo-0:1.12.7-5.el9_2.7.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream E4S (v.9.2)
  • flatpak-libs-debuginfo-0:1.12.7-5.el9_2.7.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream E4S (v.9.2)
  • flatpak-libs-debuginfo-0:1.12.7-5.el9_2.7.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream E4S (v.9.2)
  • flatpak-selinux-0:1.12.7-5.el9_2.7.noarch as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream E4S (v.9.2)
  • flatpak-session-helper-0:1.12.7-5.el9_2.7.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream E4S (v.9.2)
  • flatpak-session-helper-0:1.12.7-5.el9_2.7.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream E4S (v.9.2)
  • flatpak-session-helper-0:1.12.7-5.el9_2.7.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream E4S (v.9.2)
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✅ Remediation

For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258 Workaround: Avoid installing Flatpak apps from non-trusted publishers, particularly in system-wide deployments. Workaround: Avoid installing Flatpak apps from untrusted publishers, especially system-wide.

🔗 References (4)