CVE-2026-96808

flatpak: Flatpak is a system for building, distributing, and running sandboxed desktop applications on Linux. Security Fix(es...

CVE-2026-96808 is fixed in 11 products on 1 platform, first by DEBIAN-CVE-2026-96808, released September 24, 2026. It is not reported as exploited. Patch Radar priority: High.

High
CVSS
8.8
Important
Exploitation
None reported
No vendor assessment
CISA KEV
Not listed
Not in the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog
EPSS
0.0012
1st percentile

Flatpak is a system for building, distributing, and running sandboxed desktop applications on Linux. Security Fix(es): * flatpak: Flatpak: Arbitrary code execution via missing symlink protection (CVE-2026-90616) * flatpak: flatpak: Arbitrary write access as root via extra-data extraction (CVE-2026-96275) * flatpak: flatpak: Buffer overflow in OCI delta stream path names on 32-bit systems (CVE-2026-96280) * flatpak: Flatpak: Local privilege escalation via symlink traversal in revokefs writer (CVE-2026-96808) For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Where it's fixed

ProductFixed inFixReleased
Linux
flatpak · Debian 13.5 (trixie) 1.16.6-1~deb13u2 DEBIAN-CVE-2026-96808 Sep 24, 2026
flatpak · Debian 14 1.18.1-1 DEBIAN-CVE-2026-96808 Sep 24, 2026
flatpak · Fedora 43 1.16.6-2.fc43 FEDORA-2026-A896CBB3F0 Nov 7, 2026
flatpak · RHEL 10 1.16.0-5.el10_0.6 RHSA-2026:92221 Oct 13, 2026
flatpak · RHEL 8 0:1.12.9-7.el8_10 RHSA-2026:80687 Oct 13, 2026
flatpak · RHEL 9 0:1.12.9-4.el9_8.4 RHSA-2026:80497 Oct 12, 2026
flatpak · almalinux 10 1.16.0-9.el10_2.4 ALSA-2026:80498 Nov 7, 2026
flatpak · almalinux 8 1.12.9-7.el8_10 ALSA-2026:80687 Nov 7, 2026
flatpak · almalinux 9 1.12.9-4.el9_8.4 ALSA-2026:80497 Nov 7, 2026
flatpak · amzn 2023 1.18.1-1.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2026-3143 Sep 28, 2026
flatpak · ol 10 0:1.16.0-9.el10_2.4 ELSA-2026-80498 Nov 7, 2026
flatpak · ol 8 0:1.12.9-7.el8_10 ELSA-2026-80687 Nov 7, 2026
flatpak · ol 9 0:1.12.9-4.el9_8.4 ELSA-2026-80497 Nov 7, 2026
flatpak · rocky 10 0:1.16.0-9.el10_2.4 RLSA-2026:80498 Nov 7, 2026
flatpak · rocky 8 0:1.12.9-7.el8_10 RLSA-2026:80687 Nov 7, 2026
flatpak · rocky 9 0:1.12.9-4.el9_8.4 RLSA-2026:80497 Nov 7, 2026
flatpak · sles 15.6 1.16.6-150600.3.12.1 SUSE-SU-2026:4944-1 Nov 7, 2026
flatpak · sles 15.7 1.16.6-150600.3.12.1 SUSE-SU-2026:4944-1 Nov 7, 2026
flatpak-debuginfo · Fedora 43 1.16.6-2.fc43 FEDORA-2026-A896CBB3F0 Nov 7, 2026
flatpak-debuginfo · amzn 2023 1.18.1-1.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2026-3143 Sep 28, 2026
flatpak-debugsource · Fedora 43 1.16.6-2.fc43 FEDORA-2026-A896CBB3F0 Nov 7, 2026
flatpak-debugsource · amzn 2023 1.18.1-1.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2026-3143 Sep 28, 2026
flatpak-devel · Fedora 43 1.16.6-2.fc43 FEDORA-2026-A896CBB3F0 Nov 7, 2026
flatpak-devel · RHEL 8 0:1.12.9-7.el8_10 RHSA-2026:80687 Oct 13, 2026
flatpak-devel · RHEL 9 0:1.12.9-4.el9_8.4 RHSA-2026:80497 Oct 12, 2026
flatpak-devel · almalinux 10 1.16.0-9.el10_2.4 ALSA-2026:80498 Nov 7, 2026
flatpak-devel · almalinux 8 1.12.9-7.el8_10 ALSA-2026:80687 Nov 7, 2026
flatpak-devel · almalinux 9 1.12.9-4.el9_8.4 ALSA-2026:80497 Nov 7, 2026
flatpak-devel · amzn 2023 1.18.1-1.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2026-3143 Sep 28, 2026
flatpak-devel · ol 10 0:1.16.0-9.el10_2.4 ELSA-2026-80498 Nov 7, 2026
flatpak-devel · ol 8 0:1.12.9-7.el8_10 ELSA-2026-80687 Nov 7, 2026
flatpak-devel · ol 9 0:1.12.9-4.el9_8.4 ELSA-2026-80497 Nov 7, 2026
flatpak-libs · Fedora 43 1.16.6-2.fc43 FEDORA-2026-A896CBB3F0 Nov 7, 2026
flatpak-libs · RHEL 8 0:1.12.9-7.el8_10 RHSA-2026:80687 Oct 13, 2026
flatpak-libs · RHEL 9 0:1.12.9-4.el9_8.4 RHSA-2026:80497 Oct 12, 2026
flatpak-libs · almalinux 10 1.16.0-9.el10_2.4 ALSA-2026:80498 Nov 7, 2026
flatpak-libs · almalinux 8 1.12.9-7.el8_10 ALSA-2026:80687 Nov 7, 2026
flatpak-libs · almalinux 9 1.12.9-4.el9_8.4 ALSA-2026:80497 Nov 7, 2026
flatpak-libs · amzn 2023 1.18.1-1.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2026-3143 Sep 28, 2026
flatpak-libs · ol 10 0:1.16.0-9.el10_2.4 ELSA-2026-80498 Nov 7, 2026
flatpak-libs · ol 8 0:1.12.9-7.el8_10 ELSA-2026-80687 Nov 7, 2026
flatpak-libs · ol 9 0:1.12.9-4.el9_8.4 ELSA-2026-80497 Nov 7, 2026
flatpak-libs-debuginfo · Fedora 43 1.16.6-2.fc43 FEDORA-2026-A896CBB3F0 Nov 7, 2026
flatpak-libs-debuginfo · amzn 2023 1.18.1-1.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2026-3143 Sep 28, 2026
flatpak-selinux · Fedora 43 1.16.6-2.fc43 FEDORA-2026-A896CBB3F0 Nov 7, 2026
flatpak-selinux · RHEL 8 0:1.12.9-7.el8_10 RHSA-2026:80687 Oct 13, 2026
flatpak-selinux · RHEL 9 0:1.12.9-4.el9_8.4 RHSA-2026:80497 Oct 12, 2026
flatpak-selinux · almalinux 10 1.16.0-9.el10_2.4 ALSA-2026:80498 Nov 7, 2026
flatpak-selinux · almalinux 8 1.12.9-7.el8_10 ALSA-2026:80687 Nov 7, 2026
flatpak-selinux · almalinux 9 1.12.9-4.el9_8.4 ALSA-2026:80497 Nov 7, 2026
flatpak-selinux · amzn 2023 1.18.1-1.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2026-3143 Sep 28, 2026
flatpak-selinux · ol 10 0:1.16.0-9.el10_2.4 ELSA-2026-80498 Nov 7, 2026
flatpak-selinux · ol 8 0:1.12.9-7.el8_10 ELSA-2026-80687 Nov 7, 2026
flatpak-selinux · ol 9 0:1.12.9-4.el9_8.4 ELSA-2026-80497 Nov 7, 2026
flatpak-session-helper · Fedora 43 1.16.6-2.fc43 FEDORA-2026-A896CBB3F0 Nov 7, 2026
flatpak-session-helper · RHEL 8 0:1.12.9-7.el8_10 RHSA-2026:80687 Oct 13, 2026
flatpak-session-helper · RHEL 9 0:1.12.9-4.el9_8.4 RHSA-2026:80497 Oct 12, 2026
flatpak-session-helper · almalinux 10 1.16.0-9.el10_2.4 ALSA-2026:80498 Nov 7, 2026
flatpak-session-helper · almalinux 8 1.12.9-7.el8_10 ALSA-2026:80687 Nov 7, 2026
flatpak-session-helper · almalinux 9 1.12.9-4.el9_8.4 ALSA-2026:80497 Nov 7, 2026
flatpak-session-helper · amzn 2023 1.18.1-1.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2026-3143 Sep 28, 2026
flatpak-session-helper · ol 10 0:1.16.0-9.el10_2.4 ELSA-2026-80498 Nov 7, 2026
flatpak-session-helper · ol 8 0:1.12.9-7.el8_10 ELSA-2026-80687 Nov 7, 2026
flatpak-session-helper · ol 9 0:1.12.9-4.el9_8.4 ELSA-2026-80497 Nov 7, 2026
flatpak-session-helper-debuginfo · Fedora 43 1.16.6-2.fc43 FEDORA-2026-A896CBB3F0 Nov 7, 2026
flatpak-session-helper-debuginfo · amzn 2023 1.18.1-1.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2026-3143 Sep 28, 2026
flatpak-tests · Fedora 43 1.16.6-2.fc43 FEDORA-2026-A896CBB3F0 Nov 7, 2026
flatpak-tests · amzn 2023 1.18.1-1.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2026-3143 Sep 28, 2026
flatpak-tests-debuginfo · Fedora 43 1.16.6-2.fc43 FEDORA-2026-A896CBB3F0 Nov 7, 2026
flatpak-tests-debuginfo · amzn 2023 1.18.1-1.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2026-3143 Sep 28, 2026

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