What is CVE-2026-96284?
A malicious user can get read-access to files in the flatpak-system-helper context if a system OCI repository is configured, because the OCI code paths in the system helper follow symlinks when importing OCI images that are under the user's control.
The record classifies CVE-2026-96284 under weakness class CWE-59. 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
- 2.5 — LOW
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N - CISA KEV
- Not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog
- Threadlinqs priority
- 1.3/10 — a Threadlinqs composite of the CVSS base score, the EPSS percentile and public exploit availability
- Published
- 2026-09-27
Is CVE-2026-96284 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-2026-96284
No vendor patch reference has been recorded for CVE-2026-96284 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-2026-96284
No threat campaign in the Threadlinqs corpus currently references CVE-2026-96284, 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 .