CVE-2026-55888

Public on 2026-10-23
Modified on 2026-10-26
Description
XDG Desktop Portal is a desktop integration portal. Prior to version 1.22.1, malicious sandboxed applications can use the FileChooser.SaveFiles method to gain arbitrary file access to non-existing files on the host (limited to files the user has access to). The FileChooser.SaveFiles method takes optional filenames which get appended to the selected directory by backends. The backends are supposed to check that the file does not exist yet. The filenames are not validated by the frontend and also not by common backends. This issue has been patched in version 1.22.1.
Severity
Important severity
Important
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CVSS v3 Base Score
8.2
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Affected Packages

Platform Package Release Date Advisory Status
Amazon Linux 2 - Core xdg-desktop-portal Not Affected
Amazon Linux 2023 xdg-desktop-portal Pending Fix
Amazon Linux 2027 Preview xdg-desktop-portal Not Affected
Amazon Linux 2023 xdg-desktop-portal-gnome Not Affected
Amazon Linux 2027 Preview xdg-desktop-portal-gnome Not Affected
Amazon Linux 2 - Core xdg-desktop-portal-gtk Not Affected
Amazon Linux 2023 xdg-desktop-portal-gtk Not Affected
Amazon Linux 2027 Preview xdg-desktop-portal-gtk Not Affected

CVSS Scores

Score Type Score Vector
Amazon Linux CVSSv3 8.2 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H