🛡️ CVE-2023-28101
🟡 CVSS 5.0 — Medium ✅ No Known Exploit CWE-116 NVD
5.0
CVSS Score
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Description

Flatpak is a system for building, distributing, and running sandboxed desktop applications on Linux. In versions prior to 1.10.8, 1.12.8, 1.14.4, and 1.15.4, if an attacker publishes a Flatpak app with elevated permissions, they can hide those permissions from users of the `flatpak(1)` command-line interface by setting other permissions to crafted values that contain non-printable control characters such as `ESC`. A fix is available in versions 1.10.8, 1.12.8, 1.14.4, and 1.15.4. As a workaround, use a GUI like GNOME Software rather than the command-line interface, or only install apps whose maintainers you trust.

Details

Severity MEDIUM
CVSS Score 5.0
CVSS Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:N
CWE CWE-116
Public Exploit ✅ No
Source NVD
Published 2023-03-16
Updated 2026-06-08
Modified 2024-11-21

Affected Packages

Software From version Fixed in
flatpak 1.15.0 1.15.4

References

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