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CVE PROGRAM SOURCE RECORD6.2 Medium

CVE-2026-96281

Flatpak: flatpak: unprivileged active user can bypass anti-downgrade checks for system apps/runtimes

Description

On a multi-user system, a user with an active local login session could downgrade a system-wide Flatpak app to an older version by removing the app's remote ref via the unprivileged system-helper RemoveLocalRef method, causing the anti-downgrade check to fail to find a reference date. A malicious local user could use this to expose other users of the same system to an app version with unfixed vulnerabilities.

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 10

Default version status: affected

Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7

Default version status: affected

Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8

Default version status: affected

Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9

Default version status: affected

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