Improper Validation of Unsafe Equivalence in Input Affecting flatpak/xdg-dbus-proxy package, versions [,0.1.7)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.18% (8th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-FLATPAKXDGDBUSPROXY-16008627
  • published13 Apr 2026
  • disclosed7 Apr 2026
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 7 Apr 2026

CVE-2026-34080  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-1289  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade flatpak/xdg-dbus-proxy to version 0.1.7 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Improper Validation of Unsafe Equivalence in Input due to improper parsing of policy rules in the policy parser process. An attacker can intercept unauthorized D-Bus messages by crafting policy rules with unexpected whitespace, bypassing intended eavesdrop restrictions.

CVSS Base Scores

version 4.0
version 3.1