CVE-2026-97024: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10

High severity, CVSS 7.1. EPSS: 0.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

A path traversal vulnerability in Flatpak's handling of the files/etc directory during app deployment allows a malicious Flatpak app to cause certain host system files (such as passwd, group, machine-id, or resolv.conf) to be emptied or replaced with a symlink when the app is installed or upgraded. In system-wide installations, the write is performed as root.

Affected products

• 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

Published 2026-09-29. Last modified 2026-09-29.