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Ubuntu 24.04 LTS / 25.10 : XDG Desktop Portal vulnerability (USN-8287-1)
medium Nessus Plugin ID 316486
Synopsis
The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security update.Description
The remote Ubuntu 24.04 LTS / 25.10 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the USN-8287-1 advisory.It was discovered that XDG Desktop Portal incorrectly handled trashing files. A local attacker could possibly use this issue to delete arbitrary files on the host file system via a symlink attack.
Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory.
Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.
Solution
Update the affected xdg-desktop-portal, xdg-desktop-portal-dev and / or xdg-desktop-portal-tests packages.See Also
Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 316486
File Name: ubuntu_USN-8287-1.nasl
Version: 1.1
Type: Local
Agent: unix
Family: Ubuntu Local Security Checks
Published: 5/22/2026
Updated: 5/22/2026
Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Continuous Assessment, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 6.0
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 5.5
Temporal Score: 4.1
Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:H/Au:S/C:N/I:C/A:C
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-40354
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 6.3
Temporal Score: 5.5
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C
Vulnerability Information
CPE: cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:24.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:25.10, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:xdg-desktop-portal, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:xdg-desktop-portal-dev, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:xdg-desktop-portal-tests
Required KB Items: Host/cpu, Host/Debian/dpkg-l, Host/Ubuntu, Host/Ubuntu/release
Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 5/20/2026
Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/11/2026
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2026-40354
USN: 8287-1