Summary
Yelp is the help browser for the GNOME desktop. It is designed to help you browse all the documentation on your system in one central tool, including traditional man pages, info pages and documentation written in DocBook.
Security Fix(es):
* yelp: yelp-xsl: Overly Permissive Content Security Policy in Yelp Allows Host File Disclosure from Flatpak Applications (CVE-2026-13601)
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.
Fixed packages 3
| Release | Package | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| AlmaLinux · 8 | yelp | 2:3.28.1-3.el8_10.2 |
| AlmaLinux · 8 | yelp-devel | 2:3.28.1-3.el8_10.2 |
| AlmaLinux · 8 | yelp-libs | 2:3.28.1-3.el8_10.2 |
Vulnerabilities 1
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High 7.1
Yelp: yelp-xsl: overly permissive content security policy in yelp allows host file disclosure from flatpak applications
A flaw was found in Yelp due to an overly permissive Content Security Policy (CSP) implementation provided by yelp-xsl. A malicious Flatpak application can open crafted help content through the OpenURI portal. By embedding an untrusted CSS stylesheet within a…