What is CVE-2026-96283?
By calling org.freedesktop.Flatpak.SystemHelper.CancelPull on another user's pull, the pull is not actually cancelled but removed from internal tracking, making it impossible for the owning user to stop it. Ongoing pulls cannot be stopped.
The record classifies CVE-2026-96283 under weakness class CWE-862. Its CVSS v3 base vector states that the flaw requires local access to the host, needs low-privilege credentials, needs no user interaction. 4 affected-product entries are recorded, across 1 vendor, listed below. The identifier was first published 8 days ago.
Severity and exploitation probability
- CVSS v3.1 base score
- 3.3 — LOW
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L - CISA KEV
- Not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog
- Threadlinqs priority
- 1.7/10 — a Threadlinqs composite of the CVSS base score, the EPSS percentile and public exploit availability
- Published
- 2026-09-27, last modified 2026-09-28
Is CVE-2026-96283 being exploited?
It currently carries a trending score of 30 in the Threadlinqs vulnerability feed.
Affected products and versions
- Red Hat: Enterprise Linux 10, Enterprise Linux 7, Enterprise Linux 8, Enterprise Linux 9
How to fix CVE-2026-96283
No vendor patch reference has been recorded for CVE-2026-96283 in the tracked sources. Follow the references below for a fix, and treat the products listed above as exposed until the vendor states otherwise.
Threat activity tracking CVE-2026-96283
No threat campaign in the Threadlinqs corpus currently references CVE-2026-96283, in its CVE list or as an indicator. The linkage is recomputed from the live corpus on every daily ingest, so this section fills in as soon as a tracked campaign cites the identifier.
Sources
Enriched from CVE.org. Last verified by Threadlinqs on .