Directory Traversal Affecting gnome-tweaks package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.17% (6th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL8-GNOMETWEAKS-19738567
  • published13 Sept 2026
  • disclosed18 Apr 2026

Introduced: 18 Apr 2026

CVE-2026-74859  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-22  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for RHEL:8 gnome-tweaks.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream gnome-tweaks package and not the gnome-tweaks package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:8 relevant fixed versions and status.

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.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1