Conclusion
Flatpak’s sandbox model is robust in design, but imperfect in deployment. Sandboxes dissolved through misconfiguration, vulnerabilities like CVE‑2024‑32462, and symlink exploits illustrate the friction between ideal and actual protection. Developers, repository maintainers, and users alike must stay alert, applying patches promptly, reducing permission scope, and improving tooling, to safeguard Flatpak’s promise of application isolation in real-world use.