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SUSE xdg-desktop-portal Moderate File Deletion Attack Vuln 2026-2712-1

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Calendar Grey June 30, 2026
Dist Suse Esm H88
Update for xdg-desktop-portal addresses moderate risk of file deletion via symlink attack in SUSE Linux.
An update that solves one vulnerability can now be installed.

Summary

## This update for xdg-desktop-portal fixes the following issue: * CVE-2026-40354: File deletion via symlink attack (bsc#1262045). ## 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

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Topics Covered

security advisory moderate SuSE symlink attack file deletion xdg-desktop-portal

References

* bsc#1262045

Cross-

* CVE-2026-40354

CVSS scores:

* CVE-2026-40354 ( SUSE ): 5.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

* CVE-2026-40354 ( NVD ): 2.9 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

* CVE-2026-40354 ( NVD ): 6.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H

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

An update that solves one vulnerability can now be installed.

##

* 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
Rating: moderate

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Topics Covered

security advisory moderate SuSE symlink attack file deletion xdg-desktop-portal

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