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Medium ALSA-2022:7458 1 CVE

Moderate: flatpak-builder security and bug fix update

Published Nov 8, 2022 · Updated Oct 29, 2026

Summary

Flatpak-builder is a tool for building flatpaks from sources.

Security Fix(es):

* flatpak: flatpak-builder --mirror-screenshots-url can access files outside the build directory (CVE-2022-21682)

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.

Additional Changes:

For detailed information on changes in this release, see the AlmaLinux Release Notes linked from the References section.

Fixed packages 1

ReleasePackageFixed in
AlmaLinux · 8 flatpak-builder 1.0.14-2.el8

Vulnerabilities 1

  • High 7.7

    flatpak-builder can access files outside the build directory.

    Flatpak is a Linux application sandboxing and distribution framework. A path traversal vulnerability affects versions of Flatpak prior to 1.12.3 and 1.10.6. flatpak-builder applies `finish-args` last in the build. At this point the build directory will have t…

References

  • report
    https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-21682
  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2041592
  • advisory
    https://errata.almalinux.org/8/ALSA-2022-7458.html