Security of unverified flatpaks
Flathub Discourse [Unofficial]
April 11, 2026
I have asked three questions:
1. What measures does Flathub take to prevent a malicious, established Flathub contributor from updating the manifest with a malicious source?
2. What happens if a malicious contributor were to change the source URL to a malicious domain?
3. If (2) were to happen, would the users of the compromised flatpak be alerted somehow?
I do not understand your answer in relation to any of these questions. Do you mean to say that it’s unreasonable for me to entertain the idea of Flathub employing supply-chain attack prevention measures and harm mitigation responses, in the case that the application package is not published by its developer?
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