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Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2026-55889

🗓️ 23 Oct 2026 00:00:00Reported by TenableType 
nessus
 nessus
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Malicious sandboxed apps can predict FileTransfer.RetrieveFiles tokens in XDG Desktop Portal.

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circl
Circl
CVE-2026-55889
23 Oct 202613:15
–circl
cve
CVE
CVE-2026-55889
23 Oct 202612:35
–cve
cvelist
Cvelist
CVE-2026-55889 XDG Desktop Portal: Drag-and-drop and copy-paste theft via predictable FileTransfer key
23 Oct 202612:35
–cvelist
debiancve
Debian CVE
CVE-2026-55889
23 Oct 202612:35
–debiancve
euvd
EUVD
EUVD-2026-108751
23 Oct 202612:35
–euvd
fedora
Fedora
[SECURITY] Fedora 44 Update: xdg-desktop-portal-1.22.1-1.fc44
21 Jun 202601:01
–fedora
nessus
Tenable Nessus
Fedora 44 : xdg-desktop-portal (2026-d8f8abf763)
21 Jun 202600:00
–nessus
nvd
NVD
CVE-2026-55889
23 Oct 202613:17
–nvd
osv_debian
osv_debian
DEBIAN-CVE-2026-55889
23 Oct 202613:17
–osv_debian
ptsecurity
Positive Technologies
PT-2026-51251
21 Jun 202600:00
–ptsecurity
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#%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 80900
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# (C) Tenable, Inc.
##

include('compat.inc');

if (description)
{
  script_id(371572);
  script_version("1.2");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2026/10/24");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2026-55889");

  script_name(english:"Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2026-55889");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value:
"The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed with a vulnerability that the vendor indicates will not be
patched.");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value:
"The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied
patch available.

  - XDG Desktop Portal is a desktop integration portal. Prior to version 1.22.1, malicious sandboxed
    applications can use the FileTransfer.RetrieveFiles method to redirect drag-and-drop and copy-paste data
    targeted at other applications to itself. Some portals generate tokens which provide access to resources.
    The sharing of the token transfers access to the resource and is supposed to happen out of band. The
    tokens were generated with g_random_int or g_uuid_string_random, both of which use GLib's GRand based on
    the Mersenne Twister PRNG which created a stream of reproducible random numbers. By generating enough
    tokens, the state of the GRand can be recover and with it, the next tokens can be predictedinsufin. This
    issue has been patched in version 1.22.1. (CVE-2026-55889)

Note that Nessus relies on the presence of the package as reported by the vendor.");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2026-55889");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2026-55889");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
"There is no known solution at this time.");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"agent", value:"unix");
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N");
  script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:U/RL:U/RC:C");
  script_set_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N");
  script_set_cvss3_temporal_vector("CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:U/RC:C");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cvss4_vector", value:"CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cvss4_threat_vector", value:"CVSS:4.0/E:U");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cvss_score_source", value:"CVE-2026-55889");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"No known exploits are available");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"false");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"vendor_unpatched", value:"true");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2026/06/18");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2026/10/23");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:centos:centos:7");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:centos:centos:8");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:12.0");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:13.0");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:10");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:xdg-desktop-portal");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:xdg-desktop-portal-devel");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:xdg-desktop-portal");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:xdg-desktop-portal");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:xdg-desktop-portal-devel");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"generated_plugin", value:"current");
  script_end_attributes();

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_family(english:"Misc.");

  script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2026 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");

  script_dependencies("ssh_get_info2.nasl", "set_linux_os_id.nasl");
  script_require_keys("Host/cpu", "Host/local_checks_enabled", "global_settings/vendor_unpatched", "Host/OS/identifier");
  script_require_ports("Host/OS/CentOS Linux-7", "Host/OS/CentOS Linux-8", "Host/OS/Debian Linux-12", "Host/OS/Debian Linux-13", "Host/OS/Red Hat Enterprise Linux-10", "Host/OS/Red Hat Enterprise Linux-7", "Host/OS/Red Hat Enterprise Linux-8", "Host/OS/Red Hat Enterprise Linux-9");

  exit(0);
}

if (!get_kb_item("global_settings/vendor_unpatched")) exit(0, "Unpatched Vulnerabilities Detection not active.");
if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
if (empty_or_null(get_one_kb_item("Host/CentOS/rpm-list")) && empty_or_null(get_one_kb_item("Host/Debian/dpkg-l")) && empty_or_null(get_one_kb_item("Host/RedHat/rpm-list"))) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);

include('linux_unpatched.inc');

var distro_constraints_array = {
  "Debian Linux-12": {
    "package_manager": "dpkg-l",
    "constraints": [
      {
        "release": "12",
        "pkgs": [
          {"reference": "xdg-desktop-portal"},
          {"reference": "xdg-desktop-portal-dev"},
          {"reference": "xdg-desktop-portal-tests"}
        ]
      }
    ]
  },
  "Debian Linux-13": {
    "package_manager": "dpkg-l",
    "constraints": [
      {
        "release": "13",
        "pkgs": [
          {"reference": "xdg-desktop-portal"},
          {"reference": "xdg-desktop-portal-dev"},
          {"reference": "xdg-desktop-portal-tests"}
        ]
      }
    ]
  },
  "CentOS Linux-7": {
    "package_manager": "rpm-list",
    "constraints": [
      {
        "release": "7",
        "pkgs": [
          {"reference": "xdg-desktop-portal"},
          {"reference": "xdg-desktop-portal-devel"}
        ]
      }
    ]
  },
  "Red Hat Enterprise Linux-10": {
    "package_manager": "rpm-list",
    "constraints": [
      {
        "release": "10",
        "pkgs": [
          {"reference": "xdg-desktop-portal"},
          {"reference": "xdg-desktop-portal-devel"}
        ]
      }
    ]
  },
  "Red Hat Enterprise Linux-7": {
    "package_manager": "rpm-list",
    "constraints": [
      {
        "release": "7",
        "pkgs": [
          {"reference": "xdg-desktop-portal"},
          {"reference": "xdg-desktop-portal-devel"}
        ]
      }
    ]
  },
  "CentOS Linux-8": {
    "package_manager": "rpm-list",
    "constraints": [
      {
        "release": "8",
        "pkgs": [
          {"reference": "xdg-desktop-portal"}
        ]
      }
    ]
  },
  "Red Hat Enterprise Linux-8": {
    "package_manager": "rpm-list",
    "constraints": [
      {
        "release": "8",
        "pkgs": [
          {"reference": "xdg-desktop-portal"}
        ]
      }
    ]
  },
  "Red Hat Enterprise Linux-9": {
    "package_manager": "rpm-list",
    "constraints": [
      {
        "release": "9",
        "pkgs": [
          {"reference": "xdg-desktop-portal"}
        ]
      }
    ]
  }
};

var distro_constraints_values = linux_unpatched::get_distro_constraints(distro_constraints_arr:distro_constraints_array);
if (empty_or_null(distro_constraints_values)) audit(AUDIT_HOST_NOT, 'affected');

var third_party_support = get_kb_item('Host/OS/extended-third-party');
if (!empty_or_null(third_party_support)) {
    var third_party_vendors = distro_constraints_values['third_party'];
    if (!empty_or_null(third_party_vendors)) {
        var vendor;
        foreach vendor (third_party_vendors) {
            if (vendor == third_party_support) exit(0, 'A third party management patch is available for this vulnerability from ' + vendor + '.\n');
        }
    }
}

var report = linux_unpatched::check_unpatched_constraints(distro_constraints_values:distro_constraints_values);

if (!empty_or_null(report))
{
  security_report_v4(
      port       : 0,
      severity   : SECURITY_WARNING,
      extra      : report
  );
  exit(0);
}
else
{
  audit(AUDIT_HOST_NOT, 'affected');
}

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24 Oct 2026 00:00Current
5.7Medium risk
Vulners AI Score5.7
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