USN-8741-1: flatpak Ubuntu

CVSS: UnknownPublished
Published 10-09-2026Last modified 10-09-2026
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Vulnerability summary

USN-8741-1 is a vulnerability in flatpak Ubuntu with no CVSS score yet.

Overall risk
0/100
0100
Minimal · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
Not scored
010
No CVSS score recorded
EPSS score
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0%100%
No EPSS score yet
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 2 · Downstream 0 · Related 2
CVE-2026-34078CVE-2026-34079

Timeline

  1. 10-09-2026
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 10-09-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

flatpak vulnerabilities It was discovered that Flatpak did not properly validate paths in sandbox-expose options. A malicious or compromised Flatpak app could use app-controlled symlinks to access arbitrary host files and gain code execution in the host context. This issue was addressed in Ubuntu Ubuntu 20.04 LTS, Ubuntu 22.04 LTS and Ubuntu 24.04 LTS. (CVE-2026-34078) It was discovered that Flatpak did not properly validate paths when removing outdated ld.so cache files. A malicious or compromised Flatpak app could use this issue to delete arbitrary files on the host. (CVE-2026-34079)

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Public exploits

0 found

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Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

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Affected systems

Ubuntu1 product
  • flatpak< 1.0.9-0ubuntu0.4+esm1 | < 1.6.5-0ubuntu0.5+esm1 | < 1.12.7-1ubuntu0.1+esm1 | < 1.14.6-1ubuntu0.1+esm1

1 vendor · 1 product

References

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