CVE-2026-40354

LOWNVD 2.92.9—Trending — 4 sources updated this week

2.9

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.

CVSS v3: 2.9
EG Score: 2.9(medium)
EPSS: 5.3%
KEV: Not listed

Published

April 11, 2026

Last Modified

April 27, 2026

References (4)

Patch Availability(1)

Vendor / Ecosystem	Fixed in / Patch	Released	Source
ubuntu	xdg-desktop-portal-tests (1.20.3+ds-1ubuntu1.1) @ questing	2026-06-01	ubuntu

Patches are aggregated from vendor advisories (Red Hat, Microsoft, Cisco, GitHub) and package ecosystems (OSV, GHSA). Multiple rows for the same upstream release have been deduplicated.

Weakness Classification(1)

MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.

CWE-61

All Vendor Advisories

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Every vendor that published an advisory referencing this CVE — pulled from our cve_vendor_advisories aggregation. Click any row for the vendor's original advisory page.

UbuntuUSN-8287-1MEDIUM
XDG Desktop Portal vulnerability

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 17× in last 7d / 20× in last 30d)

Every time one of our enrichment pipelines (NVD, MITRE cvelistV5, EPSS, CISA KEV, GHSA, OSV, vendor advisories) ran against this CVE. Most recent first.

2026-06-02 20:13 UTCepss_batch
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Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-40354?

CVE-2026-40354 is a low vulnerability published on April 11, 2026. 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 gfiletrash.

When was CVE-2026-40354 disclosed?

CVE-2026-40354 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on April 11, 2026, with the most recent update on April 27, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.

Is CVE-2026-40354 actively exploited?

CVE-2026-40354 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 5.3% percentile likelihood of exploitation in the next 30 days — higher percentiles indicate greater predicted risk.

What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-40354?

CVE-2026-40354 has a CVSS v3 base score of 2.9 (NVD).

How do I remediate CVE-2026-40354?

Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2026-40354, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.

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