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UBUNTU-CVE-2026-96284

A malicious user can get read-access to files in the flatpak-system-helper context if a system OCI repository is configured, because the OCI code path...

Original description

The description as published by the source.

A malicious user can get read-access to files in the flatpak-system-helper context if a system OCI repository is configured, because the OCI code paths in the system helper follow symlinks when importing OCI images that are under the user's control.

Source: OSV.dev (Open Source Vulnerabilities) OSV

Affected packages

Ubuntu:Pro:18.04:LTS flatpak

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

Ubuntu:Pro:20.04:LTS flatpak

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

Ubuntu:Pro:22.04:LTS flatpak

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

Ubuntu:Pro:24.04:LTS flatpak

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

References

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