---
id: CVE-2026-96284
title: >-
  A malicious user can get read-access to files in the flatpak-system-helper
  context if a system OCI repository is configured, because the OCI code paths
  in the system helper follow symlinks when importing OCI images that are under
  the use…
summary: >-
  A malicious user can get read-access to files in the flatpak-system-helper
  context if a system OCI repository is configured, because the OCI code paths
  in the system helper follow symlinks when importing OCI images that are under
  the use…
severity: low
cvss: 2.5
cvssVector: 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N'
cwe:
  - CWE-59
vendor: Red Hat
product: flatpak
affected:
  - flatpak (all versions)
  - flatpak (all versions)
  - flatpak (all versions)
  - flatpak (all versions)
published: '2026-09-27'
updated: '2026-09-29'
sourceUpdated: '2026-09-29T21:29:07.663'
source: NVD
sourceUrl: 'https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-96284'
references:
  - url: 'https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-96284'
    label: secalert@redhat.com
  - url: 'https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2539423'
    label: secalert@redhat.com
  - url: 'https://github.com/flatpak/flatpak/security/advisories/GHSA-2fxp-43j9-pwvc'
    label: secalert@redhat.com
  - url: >-
      https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2026/cve-2026-96284.json
  - url: 'https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-96284'
  - url: 'https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-96284'
tags:
  - nvd
  - cve.org
  - csaf
  - vex
  - red-hat
epss: 0.00125
epssPercentile: 0.02165
ssvc:
  exploitation: none
  automatable: 'no'
  technicalImpact: partial
  timestamp: '2026-09-29T16:04:07.062227Z'
ingestedAt: '2026-09-27T22:59:18.880Z'
---

## Overview

A malicious user can get read-access to files in the flatpak-system-helper context if a system OCI repository is configured, because the OCI code paths in the system helper follow symlinks when importing OCI images that are under the user's control.

## Remediation

Refer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.

## Vendor advisories

- **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 2026-09-27 · [vex](https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2026/cve-2026-96284.json)