Medium severity6.2NVD Advisory· Published Sep 27, 2026· Updated Nov 6, 2026
CVE-2026-96281
CVE-2026-96281
Description
On a multi-user system, a user with an active local login session could downgrade a system-wide Flatpak app to an older version by removing the app's remote ref via the unprivileged system-helper RemoveLocalRef method, causing the anti-downgrade check to fail to find a reference date. A malicious local user could use this to expose other users of the same system to an app version with unfixed vulnerabilities.
Affected products
1Patches
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References
3News mentions
1- Flatpak: Twelve Vulnerabilities Disclosed in Deployment and OCI HandlingVypr Intelligence · Sep 29, 2026