RHSA-2026:99010: Important: flatpak security update
Flatpak is a system for building, distributing, and running sandboxed desktop applications on Linux.Security Fix(es): flatpak: Flatpak: Arbitrary code execution via missing symlink protection (CVE-2026-90616) flatpak: flatpak: Arbitrary write access as root via extra-data extraction (CVE-2026-96275) flatpak: flatpak: Buffer overflow in OCI delta stream path names on 32-bit systems (CVE-2026-96280) flatpak: Flatpak: Local privilege escalation via symlink traversal in revokefs writer (CVE-2026-96808) For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.
Affected Software
Remediation
Recommended actions to resolve this vulnerability, in priority order.
- Upgrade
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redhat/flatpakto a version that resolves this vulnerability.Fixed in 1.12.9-6.el7_9 - Upgrade
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redhat/flatpak-builderto a version that resolves this vulnerability.Fixed in 1.0.0-18.el7_9 - Upgrade
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redhat/flatpak-debuginfoto a version that resolves this vulnerability.Fixed in 1.12.9-6.el7_9 - Upgrade
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redhat/flatpak-develto a version that resolves this vulnerability.Fixed in 1.12.9-6.el7_9 - Upgrade
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redhat/flatpak-libsto a version that resolves this vulnerability.Fixed in 1.12.9-6.el7_9