CVE-2026-97023 — Flatpak: flatpak: arbitrary file deletion in root context via path traversal in deploy directory export/bin
A path traversal vulnerability in Flatpak's handling of the export/bin directory during app deployment allows a malicious Flatpak app to cause deletion of attacker-chosen files …
Published: 2026-09-28 · CVSS: 7.1 · CVSS 3.1
A path traversal vulnerability in Flatpak's handling of the export/bin directory during app deployment allows a malicious Flatpak app to cause deletion of attacker-chosen files outside the deployment directory when the app is installed or upgraded. In system-wide installations, the deletion is performed as root.
Source: CVE Program · Revision 8b16575c39f1e1810c5e863010da073d2d3285e7