CVE-2026-97024
HIGH
NVD
CVSS Score
7.1
Severity
HIGH
Published
Sep 29, 2026
Vendor
unknown
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.