# CVE-2026-96284 — Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10

> As of 2026-09-27, CVE-2026-96284 is a LOW-severity vulnerability in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10, CVSS v3.1 2.5. No Threadlinqs-tracked threat campaign has been attributed to CVE-2026-96284 as of 2026-09-27; the identifier is re-checked against the Threadlinqs threat corpus on every daily ingest.

**Last updated:** 2026-09-27

## 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](https://intel.threadlinqs.com/cwe/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](https://intel.threadlinqs.com/vendors/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 2026-09-28.

**Third-party advisory**

- [access.redhat.com — vdb entry](https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-96284)
- [bugzilla.redhat.com — issue tracking](https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2539423)

**Other references**

- [github.com](https://github.com/flatpak/flatpak/security/advisories/GHSA-2fxp-43j9-pwvc)

Canonical: https://intel.threadlinqs.com/cve/CVE-2026-96284
Full detection coverage and IOCs for threats exploiting CVE-2026-96284 via the Threadlinqs MCP server (Purple tier): https://intel.threadlinqs.com/mcp