CVE-2026-74859

The shell theme installer in gnome-tweaks extracts user-supplied ZIP archives without validating archive member paths. As a result, a crafted theme archive can write files outside ~/.themes by using ../ path traversal, absolute paths, or symlink entries.
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Information

Published : 2026-09-08 09:18

Updated : 2026-09-09 16:17


NVD link : CVE-2026-74859

Mitre link : CVE-2026-74859

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2026-74859


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CWE
CWE-22

Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')