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.
Published: 2026-10-23
Score: 8.3 High
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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History

Sat, 24 Oct 2026 00:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Weaknesses CWE-338
References
Metrics threat_severity

None

cvssV3_1

{'score': 5.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N'}

threat_severity

Moderate


Fri, 23 Oct 2026 16:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Fri, 23 Oct 2026 14:30:00 +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 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.
Title XDG Desktop Portal: Drag-and-drop and copy-paste theft via predictable FileTransfer key
Weaknesses CWE-330
CWE-337
References
Metrics cvssV4_0

{'score': 8.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:L/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: 2026-10-23T14:59:19.599Z

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

Link: CVE-2026-55889

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-10-23T14:48:49.080Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2026-10-23T13:17:10.230

Modified: 2026-10-23T19:42:24.553

Link: CVE-2026-55889

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2026-10-23T12:35:05Z

Links: CVE-2026-55889 - Bugzilla

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-10-24T02:00:16Z

Weaknesses