CVE-2026-94422
Full vulnerability record from the local CVENow database.
Description
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.
Severity
HIGH
CVSS score
8.7
(v4.0)
Vulnerability status
Awaiting Analysis
Source identifier
Published
2026-10-02 14:17:12.003000
Last modified
2026-10-24 04:18:27.610000
View original CVE JSON
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