CVE-2026-97024

HIGH
MEDIUM Priority: 0.03 BB Relevance: 64/100
Published: 2026-09-29 Modified: 2026-10-26 First seen: 2026-10-29 Status: active

Attack Surface

Network Low Complexity No Auth

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV: Network
AC: Low
PR: None
UI: Required
S: Unchanged
C: None
I: Low
A: High

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.

Weakness Classification (1)

Bug Bounty Relevance

64 / 100
✓ Network accessible
✓ No authentication
✓ Low complexity

CVSS Score

7.1 / 10.0 v3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H

EPSS — Exploitation Probability

0.38%
Raw Score 0.003790
Percentile 31.8%
Date 2026-10-29

EPSS Trend

2026-10-29
0.00379
2026-10-28
0.00379

Intelligence Sources

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