Low severity3.1NVD Advisory· Published Sep 27, 2026· Updated Nov 6, 2026

CVE-2026-96282

Description

A malicious Flatpak extension can probe the host filesystem to determine what files and directories exist at arbitrary paths, and host directory listings can be disclosed to sandboxed applications using the extension. Additionally, unvalidated extension metadata can cause extension content to be mounted at unintended locations inside the sandbox.

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Affected products

Flatpak/Flatpakllm-fuzzy

Patches

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References

access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-96282nvd
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cginvd
github.com/flatpak/flatpak/security/advisories/GHSA-w69g-9x8j-7p8fnvd

News mentions

Flatpak: Twelve Vulnerabilities Disclosed in Deployment and OCI Handling
Vypr Intelligence · Sep 29, 2026

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