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openSUSE Leap 15.4 xdg-desktop-portal Moderate File Deletion CVE-2026-40354

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Calendar Grey May 29, 2026
Dist Opensuse Esm H88
Critical security update for xdg-desktop-portal addresses file deletion risk through symlink attacks in openSUSE Leap 15.4.
An update that solves one vulnerability can now be installed.

Description

This update for xdg-desktop-portal fixes the following issue:

* CVE-2026-40354: File deletion via symlink attack (bsc#1262045).

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Topics Covered

security advisory moderate symlink attack important file deletion OpenSUSE xdg-desktop-portal

Patch

## Patch Instructions:

To install this SUSE update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like

YaST online_update or "zypper patch".

Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

* openSUSE Leap 15.4

zypper in -t patch SUSE-2026-2105=1

Package List

* openSUSE Leap 15.4 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64 i586)

* xdg-desktop-portal-1.10.1-150400.3.11.1

* xdg-desktop-portal-debugsource-1.10.1-150400.3.11.1

* xdg-desktop-portal-debuginfo-1.10.1-150400.3.11.1

* xdg-desktop-portal-devel-1.10.1-150400.3.11.1

* openSUSE Leap 15.4 (noarch)

* xdg-desktop-portal-lang-1.10.1-150400.3.11.1

References

* bsc#1262045

## References:

* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-40354.html

* https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1262045

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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2026:2105-1
Release Date: 2026-05-28T16:04:00Z
Affected Products: * openSUSE Leap 15.4

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security advisory moderate symlink attack important file deletion OpenSUSE xdg-desktop-portal

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