CVE-2026-96807

Summary

In Flatpak before 1.18.1, a malicious sandboxed app can replace ~/.var/app/$appid/.ld.so with a symlink, causing regenerate_ld_cache to write files at an arbitrary location. The filenames and content are not attacker controlled, making this hard to exploit.

Affected Software

VendorProductVersion RangeStatus
FlatpakFlatpak0 < 1.18.1affected

Weaknesses

  • CWE-61: CWE-61 UNIX Symbolic Link (Symlink) Following

References