CVE-2026-94422 PUBLISHED

xdg-dbus-proxy: message filtering bypass via reply serial allows sandbox escape

Assigner: redhat
Reserved: 21.09.2026 Published: 02.10.2026 Updated: 02.10.2026

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.

Metrics

CVSS 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
CVSS Score: 8.7

Product Status

Package Collection https://github.com/flatpak/xdg-dbus-proxy
Package Name xdg-dbus-proxy
Versions Default: unaffected
  • affected from 0 to 0.1.9 (excl.)
Vendor Fedora
Product Fedora
Versions Default: unaffected
  • affected from 0 to 0.1.9 (excl.)
Vendor Red Hat
Product Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9
Versions Default: affected
Vendor Red Hat
Product Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10
Versions Default: affected

Credits

  • refi64 reporter

References

Problem Types

  • Authentication Bypass by Spoofing CWE