CVE-2026-55889

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 FileTransfer.RetrieveFiles method to redirect drag-and-drop and copy-paste data targeted at other applications to itself. Some portals generate tokens which provide access to resources. The sharing of the token transfers access to the resource and is supposed to happen out of band. The tokens were generated with g_random_int or g_uuid_string_random, both of which use GLib's GRand based on the Mersenne Twister PRNG which created a stream of reproducible random numbers. By generating enough tokens, the state of the GRand can be recover and with it, the next tokens can be predictedinsufin. This issue has been patched in version 1.22.1.
Severity
Medium severity
Medium
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CVSS v3 Base Score
5.0
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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 5.0 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N