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High · 7.2 Public exploit CVE-2026-92162 EUVD-2026-105030

Flatpak vulnerable to path traversal via unvalidated "arch" parameter in DeployAppstream

Published Oct 20, 2026 · Updated Oct 20, 2026 · Assigned by GitHub_M

Description

Flatpak is a system for building, distributing, and running sandboxed desktop applications on Linux. Prior to version 1.18.1, on systems where at least one OCI remote is configured (most common on Fedora systems), a malicious local user in an active local session could use a crafted architecture name to trick the `flatpak-system-helper` process into creating a root-owned directory tree with contents determined by the OCI remote, plus a root-owned `lock` file and `icons` directory, outside the intended root directory. If this vulnerability is combined with other vulnerabilities also fixed in 1.18.1, the combination can lead to local root privilege escalation. This particular vulnerability is not believed to be exploitable if there are no OCI remotes configured (common on non-Fedora systems). Version 1.18.1 patches the issue.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
flatpak flatpak < 1.18.1 —

Fixed in Linux distributions

Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian 14 flatpak 1.18.1-1 —
Debian 13 flatpak 1.16.6-1~deb13u3 —
Debian 12 flatpak No fix yet —
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu 26.04 LTS flatpak No fix yet —
Show 4 more (older releases, extended support, other products)
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu Pro 24.04 LTS flatpak No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro 22.04 LTS flatpak No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro 20.04 LTS flatpak No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTS flatpak No fix yet —
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
SLES 15 SP7 flatpak 1.16.6-150600.3.12.1 SUSE-SU-2026:4944-1
SLES 15 SP6 flatpak 1.16.6-150600.3.12.1 SUSE-SU-2026:4944-1
SLES 15 SP5 flatpak 1.16.6-150500.3.21.1 SUSE-SU-2026:5127-1
SLES 12 SP5 flatpak 1.4.2-3.15.1 SUSE-SU-2026:4610-1
Show 3 more (older releases, extended support, other products)
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
SLES for SAP 15 SP6 flatpak 1.16.6-150600.3.12.1 SUSE-SU-2026:4944-1
SLES for SAP 15 SP5 flatpak 1.16.6-150500.3.21.1 SUSE-SU-2026:5127-1
SLE HPC 15 SP5 flatpak 1.16.6-150500.3.21.1 SUSE-SU-2026:5127-1

Public exploits

Exploit or proof-of-concept code for this vulnerability is publicly available, which lowers the bar for attackers. Treat it as a reason to patch sooner.

Third-party code, not reviewed by us. Public PoCs are sometimes fake or contain malware. Read the code first and run it only in an isolated lab, against systems you are authorised to test.

GitHub 1 repository

  • 0xSemizzz/CVE-2026-92162 ★ 1 · Sep 3, 2026

    CVE-2026-92162: Path traversal in the Flatpak system helper: an unvalidated arch parameter in DeployAppstream lets an active local user create root-owned directories anywhere. Write-up and test-mode …

Sources: PoC-in-GitHub, Metasploit Framework, Exploit-DB — updated daily. Only links are listed; no exploit code is hosted here.

Advisories 3

References