CVE-2026-86320

high

Description

A flaw was found in flatpak-builder where Git hooks are not disabled when applying patch sources with use-git-am: true. An attacker who can provide a malicious source containing a Git post-applypatch hook can cause the hook to execute on the host during the build process, resulting in arbitrary code execution with the privileges of the user running flatpak-builder.

References

https://github.com/flatpak/flatpak-builder/security/advisories/GHSA-j5p8-jgjc-f3xv

https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2026-81387

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2471023

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-86320

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2026-09-17

Updated: 2026-09-18

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 7.2

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.8

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00221