RHSA-2026:89859HighCVSS 7.1

Red Hat Security Advisory: flatpak security update

Published
October 26, 2026
Last Modified
October 26, 2026

🔗 CVE IDs covered (2)

CVE-2026-97023 →CVE-2026-97024 →

📋 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 products74

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux CRB (v. 8)
  • flatpak-0:1.12.9-9.el8_10.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8)
  • flatpak-0:1.12.9-9.el8_10.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux CRB (v. 8)
  • flatpak-0:1.12.9-9.el8_10.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8)
  • flatpak-0:1.12.9-9.el8_10.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8)
  • flatpak-0:1.12.9-9.el8_10.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8)
  • flatpak-0:1.12.9-9.el8_10.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8)
  • flatpak-debuginfo-0:1.12.9-9.el8_10.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8)
  • flatpak-debuginfo-0:1.12.9-9.el8_10.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux CRB (v. 8)
  • flatpak-debuginfo-0:1.12.9-9.el8_10.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8)
  • flatpak-debuginfo-0:1.12.9-9.el8_10.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux CRB (v. 8)
  • flatpak-debuginfo-0:1.12.9-9.el8_10.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8)
  • flatpak-debuginfo-0:1.12.9-9.el8_10.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux CRB (v. 8)
  • flatpak-debuginfo-0:1.12.9-9.el8_10.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8)
  • flatpak-debuginfo-0:1.12.9-9.el8_10.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux CRB (v. 8)
  • flatpak-debuginfo-0:1.12.9-9.el8_10.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8)
  • flatpak-debuginfo-0:1.12.9-9.el8_10.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux CRB (v. 8)
  • flatpak-debugsource-0:1.12.9-9.el8_10.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8)
  • flatpak-debugsource-0:1.12.9-9.el8_10.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux CRB (v. 8)
  • flatpak-debugsource-0:1.12.9-9.el8_10.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8)
  • flatpak-debugsource-0:1.12.9-9.el8_10.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux CRB (v. 8)
  • flatpak-debugsource-0:1.12.9-9.el8_10.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8)
  • flatpak-debugsource-0:1.12.9-9.el8_10.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux CRB (v. 8)
  • flatpak-debugsource-0:1.12.9-9.el8_10.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8)
  • flatpak-debugsource-0:1.12.9-9.el8_10.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux CRB (v. 8)
  • flatpak-debugsource-0:1.12.9-9.el8_10.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8)
  • flatpak-debugsource-0:1.12.9-9.el8_10.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux CRB (v. 8)
  • flatpak-devel-0:1.12.9-9.el8_10.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux CRB (v. 8)
  • flatpak-devel-0:1.12.9-9.el8_10.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux CRB (v. 8)
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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)