# CVE-2026-76925: Flatpak: flatpak: toctou race condition allows symlink redirection

- Severity: CVSS 5.8 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:L
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2026-09-04 · Updated: 2026-10-16

## Affected

- flatpak: version range not reported
- flatpak: version range not reported
- flatpak: version range not reported
- flatpak: version range not reported

## 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.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on flatpak, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-76925
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2520099

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