CVE-2026-97025

Flatpak: flatpak: world-readable oci authentication token in system-helper cache path

Published Sep 28, 2026 CVSS 3.1 · 3.2 Low EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
Flatpak writes the OCI repository authentication token with world-readable permissions (0644) in the system-helper's cache directory, allowing other local users on a multi-user system to read the token and impersonate the authenticated user against the OCI repository. Only OCI-based sources (e.g. as used by Fedora) are affected; libostree-based sources such as Flathub are not.

Remediation

Vendor Workaround

Use libostree repositories such as Flathub, or unauthenticated (public) OCI repositories.

Tracking

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Advisories

Source ID Title
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-6524-1 flatpak security update
History
Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Redhat rhel Els
CPEs cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:10
cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7
cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8
cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9
cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:10
cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:8
cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:9
cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_els:7
Vendors & Products Redhat rhel Els
Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Flatpak
Flatpak flatpak
Vendors & Products Flatpak
Flatpak flatpak
Type Values Removed Values Added
Description Flatpak writes the OCI repository authentication token with world-readable permissions (0644) in the system-helper's cache directory, allowing other local users on a multi-user system to read the token and impersonate the authenticated user against the OCI repository. Only OCI-based sources (e.g. as used by Fedora) are affected; libostree-based sources such as Flathub are not.
Title Flatpak: flatpak: world-readable oci authentication token in system-helper cache path
First Time appeared Redhat
Redhat enterprise Linux
Weaknesses CWE-378
CPEs cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:10
cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7
cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8
cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9
Vendors & Products Redhat
Redhat enterprise Linux
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 3.2, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:N'}

Weaknesses

Sources

Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
redhat
Published
Updated
Nov 6, 2026, 8:01 PM
Reserved
Sep 23, 2026, 9:10 PM
Status
Awaiting Analysis
Published
Sep 28, 2026, 9:17 PM
Modified
Nov 6, 2026, 8:17 PM
Severity
Low
Public date
Sep 28, 2026, 1:29 PM