CVE-2026-96807
MEDIUM
4
CVSS Score
Published: September 23, 2026 at 04:54 PM UTC
Updated: September 26, 2026 at 11:16 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorFlatpak
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Severity
MEDIUM4
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.1%
SSVC
No known exploit
Description
In Flatpak before 1.18.1, a malicious sandboxed app can replace ~/.var/app/$appid/.ld.so with a symlink, causing regenerate_ld_cache to write files at an arbitrary location. The filenames and content are not attacker controlled, making this hard to exploit.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet, and no fixed version or vendor advisory is recorded against it.
References (1)
SSVC — Action Prioritization
SSVCNo known exploitNot automatablePartial impact
SSVC signals action urgency (what to patch first), separate from CVSS which measures severity.
CVSS
4MEDIUMmitre
- Attack Vector
- LOCAL
- Complexity
- HIGH
- Privileges
- NONE
- User Interaction
- NONE
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality
- NONE
- Integrity
- LOW
- Availability
- LOW
Vector?
Quick Info
StatusAWAITING ANALYSIS
CWE
CWE-61
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