An incorrect implementation of message filtering in xdg-dbus-proxy versions before 0.1.9 allows an attacker to bypass the intended message filtering on the D-Bus session bus by setting a reply serial number on non-reply messages. A malicious or compromised Flatpak app could use this to achieve arbitrary code execution outside its sandbox. xdg-dbus-proxy was designed to be part of the sandbox boundary for Flatpak, but it is released as a separate project and is sometimes used by other app frameworks such as Firejail.
https://github.com/flatpak/xdg-dbus-proxy/security/advisories/GHSA-2cgv-pwcq-wvpq
https://github.com/flatpak/xdg-dbus-proxy/commit/fc027f759316fb2a6c45648200b6f100202eb84e
https://github.com/flatpak/xdg-dbus-proxy/commit/e5702fca4dba9600721921fbca2dbc39dc5ca400
https://github.com/flatpak/xdg-dbus-proxy/commit/e4465a0dfe96da3b39929a30a1ac3a22b16223e3
https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2026-91646
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2542235
Published: 2026-10-02
Updated: 2026-10-02
Base Score: 7.5
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Severity: High
Base Score: 8.8
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Severity: High
Base Score: 8.7
Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
Severity: High
EPSS: 0.00693