CVE-2026-55888
XDG Desktop Portal: Arbitrary file access via SaveFiles "files" option path traversal
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.
INFO
Published Date :
Oct. 23, 2026, 12:35 p.m.
Last Modified :
Oct. 23, 2026, 12:35 p.m.
Remotely Exploit :
No
Source :
GitHub_M
Solution
- Update XDG Desktop Portal to version 1.22.1.
- Verify file access controls are correctly implemented.
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