Source: gnome-tweaks Version: 49.0-1 Severity: important Tags: security upstream Forwarded: https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-tweaks/-/issues/542 X-Debbugs-Cc: [email protected], Debian Security Team <[email protected]>
Hi, The following vulnerability was published for gnome-tweaks. Mainly filling for tracking to the upstream project issue. CVE-2026-74859[0]: | 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. If you fix the vulnerability please also make sure to include the CVE (Common Vulnerabilities & Exposures) id in your changelog entry. For further information see: [0] https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2026-74859 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-74859 [1] https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-tweaks/-/issues/542 Please adjust the affected versions in the BTS as needed. Regards, Salvatore
