Description
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.
References3
Metrics
- CVSS 3.1
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2.5
LOW
Score source: CNA
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N - EPSS — exploit probability
- 0% percentile: 2 · as of 9 November 2026
- CWE
- CWE-59
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