Description
A flaw was found in Yelp due to an overly permissive Content Security Policy (CSP) implementation provided by yelp-xsl. A malicious Flatpak application can open crafted help content through the OpenURI portal. By embedding an untrusted CSS stylesheet within a structured SVG document, attacker-controlled content can bypass Flatpak's intended sandbox isolation, allowing Yelp to evaluate local XML inclusions and disclose arbitrary user-readable host files through remote CSS resource requests. This may result in the unauthorized disclosure of sensitive information.
Affected products
Version statuses are supplied by the assigning organization. Consult the original record for detailed ranges and platform conditions.
Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Extended Lifecycle Support
Default version status: affected
2:3.28.1-2.el7_9 to < *unaffected
Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
Default version status: affected
2:3.28.1-3.el8_10.2 to < *unaffected
Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 Advanced Mission Critical Update Support
Default version status: affected
2:3.28.1-3.el8_4.2 to < *unaffected
Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 Extended Update Support Long-Life Add-On
Default version status: affected
2:3.28.1-3.el8_4.2 to < *unaffected
Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 Advanced Mission Critical Update Support
Default version status: affected
2:3.28.1-3.el8_6.2 to < *unaffected
Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 Extended Update Support Long-Life Add-On
Default version status: affected
2:3.28.1-3.el8_6.2 to < *unaffected
Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.8 Telecommunications Update Service
Default version status: affected
2:3.28.1-3.el8_8.2 to < *unaffected
Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.8 Update Services for SAP Solutions
Default version status: affected
2:3.28.1-3.el8_8.2 to < *unaffected
Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9
Default version status: affected
2:40.3-3.el9_8.1 to < *unaffected
Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.2 Update Services for SAP Solutions
Default version status: affected
2:40.3-2.el9_2.2 to < *unaffected
Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.4 Update Services for SAP Solutions
Default version status: affected
2:40.3-2.el9_4.2 to < *unaffected
Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.6 Extended Update Support
Default version status: affected
2:40.3-2.el9_6.2 to < *unaffected
Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
Default version status: unknown
References
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:47177 ↗
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:47178 ↗
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:54539 ↗
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:54540 ↗
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:54605 ↗
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:54624 ↗
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:54637 ↗
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:54666 ↗
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:57417 ↗
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-13601 ↗
- https://blogs.gnome.org/mcatanzaro/2026/05/11/flatpak-sandbox-escape-via-yelp/ ↗
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2494110 ↗
- https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/yelp/-/commit/c8c8244c8a812860782d635890c9b6c43ecc2639 ↗
- https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/yelp/-/work_items/238 ↗
- https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2026/cve-2026-13601.json ↗