CVEvulnerability
CVE-2026-40354
6.3 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Analyzed
- Published
- 2026-04-11
- Last modified
- 2026-10-26
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 2.9 LOW — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 6.3 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
- Weaknesses
- CWE-61
Description
Flatpak xdg-desktop-portal before 1.20.4 and 1.21.x before 1.21.1 allows any Flatpak app to trash any file in the host context via a symlink attack on g_file_trash.
Affected configurations
• flatpak xdg-desktop-portal (< 1.20.4)
• flatpak xdg-desktop-portal 1.21.0
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-61 UNIX Symbolic Link (Symlink) Following weakness
References
- https://github.com/flatpak/xdg-desktop-portal/releases/tag/1.20.4 Product
- https://github.com/flatpak/xdg-desktop-portal/releases/tag/1.21.1 Product
- https://github.com/flatpak/xdg-desktop-portal/security/advisories/GHSA-rqr9-jwwf-wxgj Vendor Advisory
- https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/04/10/14 Mailing List