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For system-wide installs running as root, this includes sensitive files such as /etc/shadow.","score":6.5,"severity":"medium","published":"2026-09-27T19:49:17.239Z","modified":"2026-11-06T02:14:14.596Z","withdrawn":false,"knownExploited":false,"affected":[],"products":[{"vendor":"Red Hat","name":"Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10","platforms":[],"versions":[],"defaultStatus":"affected","cpes":["cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:10"],"source":"redhat","url":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-96279"},{"vendor":"Red Hat","name":"Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7","platforms":[],"versions":[],"defaultStatus":"unaffected","cpes":["cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_els:7"],"source":"redhat","url":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-96279"},{"vendor":"Red Hat","name":"Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8","platforms":[],"versions":[],"defaultStatus":"unaffected","cpes":["cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:8"],"source":"redhat","url":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-96279"},{"vendor":"Red Hat","name":"Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9","platforms":[],"versions":[],"defaultStatus":"unaffected","cpes":["cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:9"],"source":"redhat","url":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-96279"}],"remediation":[{"text":"Only install applications from trusted OCI registries. Flatpak remotes using the default OSTree transport are not affected.","source":"redhat","url":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-96279"}],"references":["https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-96279","https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2539417","https://github.com/flatpak/flatpak/security/advisories/GHSA-9rww-v4mm-x4jg"],"sources":[{"name":"CVE","id":"CVE-2026-96279","modified":"2026-11-06T02:14:14.596Z","url":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-96279"}],"assessments":[{"source":"redhat","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N","score":6.5}],"sourceAffected":[],"observedAt":"2026-11-06T03:17:05.849Z","kev":{"status":"not-listed","checkedAt":"2026-11-14T23:40:32.333Z"},"coverage":[{"source":"NVD","status":"available","checkedAt":"2026-11-06T03:20:35.332Z","attemptedAt":"2026-11-06T03:20:35.332Z"},{"source":"GHSA","status":"no-result","checkedAt":"2026-11-06T03:20:35.615Z","attemptedAt":"2026-11-06T03:20:35.615Z"},{"source":"EUVD","status":"available","checkedAt":"2026-11-06T03:20:36.247Z","attemptedAt":"2026-11-06T03:20:36.247Z"},{"source":"EPSS","status":"available","checkedAt":"2026-11-06T03:20:35.705Z","attemptedAt":"2026-11-06T03:20:35.705Z"}],"evidence":[{"source":"NVD","id":"CVE-2026-96279","url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-96279","modified":"2026-11-06T03:16:48.123","score":6.5,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N","checkedAt":"2026-11-06T03:20:35.332Z"},{"source":"FIRST EPSS","id":"CVE-2026-96279","url":"https://www.first.org/epss/","probability":0.00425,"percentile":0.36966,"date":"2026-11-05","checkedAt":"2026-11-06T03:20:35.705Z"},{"source":"ENISA EUVD","id":"EUVD-2026-88013","url":"https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2026-88013","modified":"Nov 6, 2026, 2:14:14 AM","score":6.5,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N","checkedAt":"2026-11-06T03:20:36.247Z"}],"aiSummary":{"text":"A path traversal issue in Flatpak's OCI archive extraction via hardlinks allows a malicious OCI registry to disclose arbitrary host file contents when a user installs or updates a Flatpak application. The issue affects Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10. A malicious OCI registry is required to exploit this weakness.","model":"@cf/meta/llama-3.3-70b-instruct-fp8-fast","generatedAt":"2026-11-06T03:21:05.152Z","sources":[{"name":"CVE","url":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-96279"}]}}