Detections
Analytics
CVE-2026-97023
high
Description
A path traversal vulnerability in Flatpak's handling of the export/bin directory during app deployment allows a malicious Flatpak app to cause deletion of attacker-chosen files outside the deployment directory when the app is installed or upgraded. In system-wide installations, the deletion is performed as root.
References
https://github.com/flatpak/flatpak/security/advisories/GHSA-5p67-xh8x-rq54