CVE-2026-97024: UNIX Symbolic Link (Symlink) Following in Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10
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.
CVE-2026-97024: UNIX Symbolic Link (Symlink) Following in Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10
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.
CVSS v3.1
Score 7.1high
Affected software
Red Hat
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10
Red Hat
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
Red Hat
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
Red Hat
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9
Technical Details
- Data Version
- 5.2
- Assigner Short Name
- redhat
- Date Reserved
- 2026-09-23T21:09:09.344Z
- Cvss Version
- 3.1
- State
- PUBLISHED
- Vendor Advisory Urls
- [{"url":"https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-97024","vendor":"Red Hat"}]
Threat ID: 6abb3501f7a7c54106bc3118
Added to database: 09/29/2026, 03:48:17 UTC
Last updated: 09/29/2026, 03:48:17 UTC
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