๐Ÿ” CVE Alert

CVE-2026-40354

LOW 2.9
CVSS Score
2.9
EPSS Score
0.0%
EPSS Percentile
3th

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.

CWE CWE-61
Vendor flatpak
Product xdg-desktop-portal
Published Apr 11, 2026
Last Updated Apr 15, 2026
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CVSS v3 Breakdown

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
Attack Vector
Local
Attack Complexity
High
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
Low

Affected Versions

Flatpak / xdg-desktop-portal
0 < 1.20.4 1.21.0 < 1.21.1

References

NVD โ†— CVE.org โ†— EPSS Data โ†—
github.com: https://github.com/flatpak/xdg-desktop-portal/releases/tag/1.21.1 github.com: https://github.com/flatpak/xdg-desktop-portal/releases/tag/1.20.4 openwall.com: https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/04/10/14 github.com: https://github.com/flatpak/xdg-desktop-portal/security/advisories/GHSA-rqr9-jwwf-wxgj