USN-8287-1: XDG Desktop Portal vulnerability

Publication date

20 May 2026

Overview

XDG Desktop Portal could be made to delete files.


Packages

  • xdg-desktop-portal - A portal frontend service for Flatpak and other desktop containment frameworks

Details

It was discovered that XDG Desktop Portal incorrectly handled
trashing files. A local attacker could possibly use this issue to
delete arbitrary files on the host file system via a symlink attack.

It was discovered that XDG Desktop Portal incorrectly handled
trashing files. A local attacker could possibly use this issue to
delete arbitrary files on the host file system via a symlink attack.

Update instructions

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

Learn more about how to get the fixes.

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:


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