flatpak: Flatpak is a system for building, distributing, and running sandboxed desktop applications on Linux
CVE-2026-97023 is fixed in 5 products on 1 platform, first by DEBIAN-CVE-2026-97023, released September 29, 2026. It is not reported as exploited. Patch Radar priority: High.
Flatpak is a system for building, distributing, and running sandboxed desktop applications on Linux. Security Fix(es): * flatpak: flatpak: Arbitrary file deletion in root context via path traversal in deploy directory export/bin (CVE-2026-97023) * flatpak: flatpak: Arbitrary write in root context via path traversal in deploy directory files/etc (CVE-2026-97024) 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
| Product | Fixed in | Fix | Released |
|---|---|---|---|
| Linux | |||
| flatpak · Debian 13.5 (trixie) | 1.16.6-1~deb13u3 | DEBIAN-CVE-2026-97023 | Sep 29, 2026 |
| flatpak · Debian 14 | 1.18.4-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2026-97023 | Sep 29, 2026 |
| flatpak · RHEL 10 | 1.16.0-5.el10_0.8 | RHSA-2026:95062 | Oct 27, 2026 |
| flatpak · RHEL 8 | 0:1.12.9-9.el8_10 | RHSA-2026:89859 | Oct 27, 2026 |
| flatpak · RHEL 9 | 0:1.12.9-4.el9_8.6 | RHSA-2026:89850 | Oct 27, 2026 |
| flatpak · almalinux 10 | 1.16.0-9.el10_2.6 | ALSA-2026:89849 | Nov 7, 2026 |
| flatpak · almalinux 8 | 1.12.9-9.el8_10 | ALSA-2026:89859 | Nov 7, 2026 |
| flatpak · almalinux 9 | 1.12.9-4.el9_8.6 | ALSA-2026:89850 | Nov 7, 2026 |
| flatpak · ol 10 | 0:1.16.0-9.el10_2.6 | ELSA-2026-89849 | Nov 7, 2026 |
| flatpak · ol 8 | 0:1.12.9-9.el8_10 | ELSA-2026-89859 | Nov 7, 2026 |
| flatpak · ol 9 | 0:1.12.9-4.el9_8.6 | ELSA-2026-89850 | Nov 7, 2026 |
| flatpak · rocky 10 | 0:1.16.0-9.el10_2.6 | RLSA-2026:89849 | Nov 7, 2026 |
| flatpak · rocky 8 | 0:1.12.9-9.el8_10 | RLSA-2026:89859 | Nov 7, 2026 |
| flatpak · rocky 9 | 0:1.12.9-4.el9_8.6 | RLSA-2026:89850 | Nov 7, 2026 |
| flatpak-devel · RHEL 8 | 0:1.12.9-9.el8_10 | RHSA-2026:89859 | Oct 27, 2026 |
| flatpak-devel · RHEL 9 | 0:1.12.9-4.el9_8.6 | RHSA-2026:89850 | Oct 27, 2026 |
| flatpak-devel · almalinux 10 | 1.16.0-9.el10_2.6 | ALSA-2026:89849 | Nov 7, 2026 |
| flatpak-devel · almalinux 8 | 1.12.9-9.el8_10 | ALSA-2026:89859 | Nov 7, 2026 |
| flatpak-devel · almalinux 9 | 1.12.9-4.el9_8.6 | ALSA-2026:89850 | Nov 7, 2026 |
| flatpak-devel · ol 10 | 0:1.16.0-9.el10_2.6 | ELSA-2026-89849 | Nov 7, 2026 |
| flatpak-devel · ol 8 | 0:1.12.9-9.el8_10 | ELSA-2026-89859 | Nov 7, 2026 |
| flatpak-devel · ol 9 | 0:1.12.9-4.el9_8.6 | ELSA-2026-89850 | Nov 7, 2026 |
| flatpak-libs · RHEL 8 | 0:1.12.9-9.el8_10 | RHSA-2026:89859 | Oct 27, 2026 |
| flatpak-libs · RHEL 9 | 0:1.12.9-4.el9_8.6 | RHSA-2026:89850 | Oct 27, 2026 |
| flatpak-libs · almalinux 10 | 1.16.0-9.el10_2.6 | ALSA-2026:89849 | Nov 7, 2026 |
| flatpak-libs · almalinux 8 | 1.12.9-9.el8_10 | ALSA-2026:89859 | Nov 7, 2026 |
| flatpak-libs · ol 10 | 0:1.16.0-9.el10_2.6 | ELSA-2026-89849 | Nov 7, 2026 |
| flatpak-libs · ol 8 | 0:1.12.9-9.el8_10 | ELSA-2026-89859 | Nov 7, 2026 |
| flatpak-libs · ol 9 | 0:1.12.9-4.el9_8.6 | ELSA-2026-89850 | Nov 7, 2026 |
| flatpak-selinux · RHEL 8 | 0:1.12.9-9.el8_10 | RHSA-2026:89859 | Oct 27, 2026 |
| flatpak-selinux · RHEL 9 | 0:1.12.9-4.el9_8.6 | RHSA-2026:89850 | Oct 27, 2026 |
| flatpak-selinux · almalinux 10 | 1.16.0-9.el10_2.6 | ALSA-2026:89849 | Nov 7, 2026 |
| flatpak-selinux · almalinux 8 | 1.12.9-9.el8_10 | ALSA-2026:89859 | Nov 7, 2026 |
| flatpak-selinux · ol 10 | 0:1.16.0-9.el10_2.6 | ELSA-2026-89849 | Nov 7, 2026 |
| flatpak-selinux · ol 8 | 0:1.12.9-9.el8_10 | ELSA-2026-89859 | Nov 7, 2026 |
| flatpak-selinux · ol 9 | 0:1.12.9-4.el9_8.6 | ELSA-2026-89850 | Nov 7, 2026 |
| flatpak-session-helper · RHEL 8 | 0:1.12.9-9.el8_10 | RHSA-2026:89859 | Oct 27, 2026 |
| flatpak-session-helper · RHEL 9 | 0:1.12.9-4.el9_8.6 | RHSA-2026:89850 | Oct 27, 2026 |
| flatpak-session-helper · almalinux 10 | 1.16.0-9.el10_2.6 | ALSA-2026:89849 | Nov 7, 2026 |
| flatpak-session-helper · almalinux 8 | 1.12.9-9.el8_10 | ALSA-2026:89859 | Nov 7, 2026 |
| flatpak-session-helper · almalinux 9 | 1.12.9-4.el9_8.6 | ALSA-2026:89850 | Nov 7, 2026 |
| flatpak-session-helper · ol 10 | 0:1.16.0-9.el10_2.6 | ELSA-2026-89849 | Nov 7, 2026 |
| flatpak-session-helper · ol 8 | 0:1.12.9-9.el8_10 | ELSA-2026-89859 | Nov 7, 2026 |
| flatpak-session-helper · ol 9 | 0:1.12.9-4.el9_8.6 | ELSA-2026-89850 | Nov 7, 2026 |
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