DEBIAN-CVE-2026-74859

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Source
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2026-74859
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2026-74859.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/DEBIAN-CVE-2026-74859
Upstream
  • CVE-2026-74859
Published
2026-09-08T09:18:20Z
Modified
2026-09-11T06:00:09Z
Severity
  • 6.8 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
Summary
[none]
Details

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.

References

Affected packages

Debian:12 / gnome-tweaks

Package

Name
gnome-tweaks
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/gnome-tweaks?arch=source&distro=bookworm

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

Other
42~beta-4
46~beta-1
46~beta-2
49~rc-1
49~rc-2
45.*
45.1-1
46.*
46.0-1
46.0-2
46.1-1
49.*
49.0-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2026-74859.json"

Debian:13 / gnome-tweaks

Package

Name
gnome-tweaks
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/gnome-tweaks?arch=source&distro=trixie

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

46.*
46.1-1
Other
49~rc-1
49~rc-2
49.*
49.0-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2026-74859.json"

Debian:14 / gnome-tweaks

Package

Name
gnome-tweaks
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/gnome-tweaks?arch=source&distro=forky

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

46.*
46.1-1
Other
49~rc-1
49~rc-2
49.*
49.0-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2026-74859.json"