CVE-2026-96280

Flatpak: flatpak: buffer overflow in oci delta stream path names on 32-bit systems

HIGH
7.5
CVSS Score
Published: September 27, 2026 at 08:19 PM UTC
Updated: October 29, 2026 at 10:17 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorEnterprise Linux

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Severity
HIGH7.5
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.6%
SSVC
No known exploit

Description

The OCI delta stream parser read sizes as guint64 but passed them to GLib I/O and allocation functions expecting gsize (32 bits on 32-bit systems), causing undersized allocations while subsequent operations use the original 64-bit size, leading to heap buffer overflows. An attacker controlling an OCI registry can craft a delta stream that triggers this during flatpak install/update, potentially achieving code execution on 32-bit systems.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

All versions10
Vendor states this is fixed in 0:1.12.9-4.el9_8.4 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 0:1.12.9-7.el8_10 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 0:1.16.0-9.el10_2.4 (unaffected)

References (9)

VDB Entryx_refsource_REDHAT
Source: cverecord
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-96280
Issue Trackingx_refsource_REDHAT
Source: cverecord
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2539419
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
Source: cverecord
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:80498
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
Source: cverecord
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:80497
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
Source: cverecord
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:80687
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
Source: cverecord
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:89733
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
Source: cverecord
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:90364

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCNo known exploitNot automatableTotal impact

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CVSS

7.5HIGHredhat
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
HIGH
Privileges
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusAWAITING ANALYSIS
CWE
CWE-197

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