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.
Published: 2026-10-23
Score: 8.8 High
EPSS: n/a
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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History

Fri, 23 Oct 2026 14:00:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Flatpak
Flatpak xdg-desktop-portal
Vendors & Products Flatpak
Flatpak xdg-desktop-portal

Fri, 23 Oct 2026 12:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
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.
Title XDG Desktop Portal: Arbitrary file access via SaveFiles "files" option path traversal
Weaknesses CWE-22
References
Metrics cvssV4_0

{'score': 8.8, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N'}


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Flatpak Xdg-desktop-portal
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: GitHub_M

Published:

Updated: 2026-10-23T12:35:23.077Z

Reserved: 2026-06-17T16:59:42.760Z

Link: CVE-2026-55888

cve-icon Vulnrichment

No data.

cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-10-23T13:17:10.090

Modified: 2026-10-23T13:17:10.090

Link: CVE-2026-55888

cve-icon Redhat

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cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-10-23T14:00:18Z

Weaknesses
  • CWE-22

    Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')