{"id":"CVE-2026-97025","title":"Flatpak writes the OCI repository authentication token with world-readable permissions (0644) in the system-helper's cache directory, allowing other local users on a multi-user system to read the token and impersonate the authenticated u…","summary":"Flatpak writes the OCI repository authentication token with world-readable permissions (0644) in the system-helper's cache directory, allowing other local users on a multi-user system to read the token and impersonate the authenticated u…","severity":"low","cvss":3.2,"cvssVector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:N","cwe":["CWE-378"],"vendor":"Red Hat","product":"flatpak","affected":["flatpak (all versions)","flatpak (all versions)","flatpak (all versions)","flatpak (all versions)"],"published":"2026-09-28","updated":"2026-09-29","sourceUpdated":"2026-09-29T21:29:07.663","source":"NVD","sourceUrl":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-97025","references":[{"url":"https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-97025","label":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2542628","label":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"https://github.com/flatpak/flatpak/security/advisories/GHSA-7rvf-rqr3-43j4","label":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2026/cve-2026-97025.json"},{"url":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-97025"},{"url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-97025"}],"tags":["nvd","cve.org","csaf","vex","red-hat"],"epss":0.00125,"epssPercentile":0.02187,"ssvc":{"exploitation":"none","automatable":"no","technicalImpact":"partial","timestamp":"2026-09-29T15:59:35.440940Z"},"ingestedAt":"2026-09-28T21:20:54.787Z","slug":"CVE-2026-97025","body":"## Overview\n\nFlatpak writes the OCI repository authentication token with world-readable permissions (0644) in the system-helper's cache directory, allowing other local users on a multi-user system to read the token and impersonate the authenticated user against the OCI repository. Only OCI-based sources (e.g. as used by Fedora) are affected; libostree-based sources such as Flathub are not.\n\n## Remediation\n\nRefer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.\n\n## Vendor advisories\n\n- **Red Hat VEX** · Low · affected: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 · no fix planned: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 · updated 2026-09-28 · [vex](https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2026/cve-2026-97025.json)","depth":"sunlit","depthScore":18,"depthScoreParts":{"impact":17.6,"likelihood":0,"exploitation":0,"ransomware":0},"changes":[]}