CVE-2026-97024

LOWCVSS 7.1 · HIGH

Signal is active with 1 mentions in latest observed window

Immediate actions

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NVD description

A path traversal vulnerability in Flatpak's handling of the files/etc directory during app deployment allows a malicious Flatpak app to cause certain host system files (such as passwd, group, machine-id, or resolv.conf) to be emptied or replaced with a symlink when the app is installed or upgraded. In system-wide installations, the write is performed as root.

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0.0/ 10 priority

Sources & remediation

Other references

Weakness type (CWE)

CWE-61

Priority

LOW

Exploitation

NONE

PoC

NONE

Patch

NONE

Momentum

NONE

Threat summary

1 mentions across 1 observed day

What's happening

1 total mentions across 1 day

Deep dive

Activity timeline1 mentions / 1d

Referenced assets1 URL

By indicator

http://vulntracker.io/cves/CVE-2026-97024

Full discourse1 post

VulnTracker@vuln_tracker1d
CVE-2026-97024: a malicious Flatpak app can empty host files like passwd or group, or swap resolv.conf for a broken symlink, just by being installed or upgraded (CVSS 7.1, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10). System-wide installs run the write as root. No known code execution path, but you can lose access to the system. VulnTracker recommends updating to Flatpak 1.18.4 or later and avoiding untrusted publishers for system-wide installs. Details: http://vulntracker.io/cves/CVE-2026-97024 #Flatpak #RedHat #CVE #InfoSec
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