RHSA-2026:89859 — Security Advisory
Red Hat Security Advisory: flatpak security update
Severity
ImportantRed Hat Product Security
Products
Official CSAF product identity
Published · October 26, 2026
Updated · November 4, 2026
Topic
An update for flatpak is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.
Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Important. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE link(s) in the References section.
Description
Flatpak is a system for building, distributing, and running sandboxed desktop applications on Linux.
Security Fix(es):
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flatpak: flatpak: Arbitrary file deletion in root context via path traversal in deploy directory export/bin (CVE-2026-97023)
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flatpak: flatpak: Arbitrary write in root context via path traversal in deploy directory files/etc (CVE-2026-97024)
For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.