CVE-2026-96807

Exploitation

Assessed, none found. CISA's assessment recorded neither public exploit code nor evidence of exploitation when it was made.

SSVC decision

• ExploitationnoneCISA recorded no public exploit code and no evidence of exploitation.
• AutomatablenoAt least one step from reconnaissance to exploitation cannot be reliably automated.
• Technical ImpactpartialSuccessful exploitation gives limited control of the vulnerable component.

CISA publishes the decision points, not a final SSVC decision. The decision also depends on mission and well-being impact, which is a property of your deployment rather than of the vulnerability.

EPSS probability

0.11% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Equal to or higher than the score of 1.7% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

4.0 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.

NVD CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L

NVD analysis status

Awaiting Analysis. NVD last modified this record on 2026-09-26.

Red Hat severity

Moderate. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

Published

2026-09-23 16:54Z1 MO AGO

Last updated

2026-09-26 22:51Z1 MO AGO

Reserved

2026-09-23

Assigning CNA

mitre

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Medium (CVSS 4.0)

CNA CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L

Weaknesses

• CWE-61UNIX Symbolic Link (Symlink) FollowingCompound
• CWE-22Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')Base

Data version

5.2

Document digest

a9bf307d274815b037d9704d0248901a6cb46d849cb98ef9f72d146df2b061c8

• github.comhttps://github.com/flatpak/flatpak/security/advisories/GHSA-99wv-m8rp-g58x