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openSUSE xdg-desktop-portal Moderate File Deletion Vuln 2026-2712-1

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Calendar Grey June 30, 2026
Dist Opensuse Esm H88
Update resolves moderate risk posed by CVE-2026-40354 affecting xdg-desktop-portal in openSUSE.
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 malicious attack 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 15.6

zypper in -t patch SUSE-2026-2712=1

* Desktop Applications Module 15-SP7

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Desktop-Applications-15-SP7-2026-2712=1

Package List

* openSUSE Leap 15.6 (aarch64 i586 ppc64le s390x x86_64)

* xdg-desktop-portal-debugsource-1.18.2-150600.4.6.1

* xdg-desktop-portal-1.18.2-150600.4.6.1

* xdg-desktop-portal-debuginfo-1.18.2-150600.4.6.1

* xdg-desktop-portal-devel-1.18.2-150600.4.6.1

* openSUSE Leap 15.6 (noarch)

* xdg-desktop-portal-lang-1.18.2-150600.4.6.1

* Desktop Applications Module 15-SP7 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)

* xdg-desktop-portal-debugsource-1.18.2-150600.4.6.1

* xdg-desktop-portal-1.18.2-150600.4.6.1

* xdg-desktop-portal-debuginfo-1.18.2-150600.4.6.1

* xdg-desktop-portal-devel-1.18.2-150600.4.6.1

* Desktop Applications Module 15-SP7 (noarch)

* xdg-desktop-portal-lang-1.18.2-150600.4.6.1

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-2026:2712-1
Release Date: 2026-06-30T12:01:01Z
Affected Products: * Desktop Applications Module 15-SP7 * openSUSE Leap 15.6 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP7 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP7 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP7 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP7

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Topics Covered

security advisory moderate malicious attack file deletion OpenSUSE xdg-desktop-portal

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