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DEBIAN-CVE-2026-97026

Flatpak creates temporary child repository directories under the user cache with world-writable permissions (0777). On multi-user systems with a permi...

Original description

The description as published by the source.

Flatpak creates temporary child repository directories under the user cache with world-writable permissions (0777). On multi-user systems with a permissive umask, other local users could read or modify the temporary directory used while installing apps or runtimes, potentially causing installation failures (denial of service); tampered content would fail signature/digest verification rather than being trusted.

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~deb13u3"}]}]
Debian:14 flatpak
[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"1.18.4-1"}]}]

References

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