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DEBIAN-CVE-2026-96282

A malicious Flatpak extension can probe the host filesystem to determine what files and directories exist at arbitrary paths, and host directory listi...

Original description

The description as published by the source.

A malicious Flatpak extension can probe the host filesystem to determine what files and directories exist at arbitrary paths, and host directory listings can be disclosed to sandboxed applications using the extension. Additionally, unvalidated extension metadata can cause extension content to be mounted at unintended locations inside the sandbox.

Source: OSV.dev (Open Source Vulnerabilities) OSV

Affected packages

Debian:12 flatpak

[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}]

Debian:13 flatpak

[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"1.16.6-1~deb13u2"}]}]

Debian:14 flatpak

[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"1.18.1-1"}]}]

References

advisory security-tracker.debian.org