Amazon Linux 2023 Security Advisory: ALAS2023-2026-1669
Advisory Released Date: 2026-05-14
Advisory Updated Date: 2026-05-14
Severity:
Medium
Issue Overview:
Flatpak xdg-desktop-portal before 1.20.4 and 1.21.x before 1.21.1 allows any Flatpak app to trash any file in the host context via a symlink attack on g_file_trash. (CVE-2026-40354)
Affected Packages:
xdg-desktop-portal
Issue Correction:
Run dnf update xdg-desktop-portal --releasever 2023.11.20260511 or dnf update --advisory ALAS2023-2026-1669 --releasever 2023.11.20260511 to update your system.
More information on how to update your system can be found on this page: Amazon Linux 2023 documentation
New Packages:
aarch64:
xdg-desktop-portal-devel-1.18.4-107.amzn2023.aarch64
xdg-desktop-portal-debugsource-1.18.4-107.amzn2023.aarch64
xdg-desktop-portal-debuginfo-1.18.4-107.amzn2023.aarch64
xdg-desktop-portal-1.18.4-107.amzn2023.aarch64
src:
xdg-desktop-portal-1.18.4-107.amzn2023.src
x86_64:
xdg-desktop-portal-debuginfo-1.18.4-107.amzn2023.x86_64
xdg-desktop-portal-devel-1.18.4-107.amzn2023.x86_64
xdg-desktop-portal-1.18.4-107.amzn2023.x86_64
xdg-desktop-portal-debugsource-1.18.4-107.amzn2023.x86_64