Flatpak: flatpak: toctou race condition allows symlink redirection (Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10)
At a glance
- Source
- NVD
- EPSS
- EPSS 0.10 % · percentile 1 ()
- State
- PUBLISHED
- Published
- Updated
- Assigner
- redhat
- NVD status
- Awaiting Analysis
Description
A flaw was found in Flatpak. A Time-of-check to time-of-use (TOCTOU) race condition exists in the `org.freedesktop.Flatpak.SystemHelper` component. This vulnerability occurs because a privileged `chmod` operation executes before the OSTree repository validation within the `Deploy()` function. An attacker can exploit this timing window to redirect symlinks to arbitrary files, potentially leading to unauthorized file manipulation or information disclosure.
Weaknesses (CWE)
- CWE-367 — Time-of-check Time-of-use (TOCTOU) Race Condition
References
Scores
| Version | Score | Vector | Scored by |
|---|---|---|---|
| CVSS 3.1 | MEDIUM 5.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:L | redhat |
| CVSS 3.1 | MEDIUM 5.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:L | NVD · secalert@redhat.com (Secondary) |
European references
- ENISA EUVD · EUVD-2026-71774
- GCVE · GCVE-0-2026-76925
Affected products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
| Red Hat · Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 | |
| Red Hat · Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | |
| Red Hat · Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 | |
| Red Hat · Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 |
Sources
| Source | Licence |
|---|---|
| CVE List (CVEProject cvelistV5) | CVE Program Terms of Use |
| EPSS (FIRST.org) | FIRST — attribution requested |
| ENISA EUVD | ENISA — reproduction authorised, source acknowledged |
| NVD (NIST) via fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feeds | Public domain — this product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD |