Amazon Linux 2 Security Advisory: ALAS2-2026-3298
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
Note:
This advisory is applicable to Amazon Linux 2 (AL2) Core repository. Visit this FAQ section for the difference between AL2 Core and AL2 Extras advisories.
Issue Correction:
Run yum update xdg-desktop-portal or yum update --advisory ALAS2-2026-3298 to update your system.
New Packages:
aarch64:
xdg-desktop-portal-1.0.2-1.amzn2.0.3.aarch64
xdg-desktop-portal-devel-1.0.2-1.amzn2.0.3.aarch64
xdg-desktop-portal-debuginfo-1.0.2-1.amzn2.0.3.aarch64
i686:
xdg-desktop-portal-1.0.2-1.amzn2.0.3.i686
xdg-desktop-portal-devel-1.0.2-1.amzn2.0.3.i686
xdg-desktop-portal-debuginfo-1.0.2-1.amzn2.0.3.i686
src:
xdg-desktop-portal-1.0.2-1.amzn2.0.3.src
x86_64:
xdg-desktop-portal-1.0.2-1.amzn2.0.3.x86_64
xdg-desktop-portal-devel-1.0.2-1.amzn2.0.3.x86_64
xdg-desktop-portal-debuginfo-1.0.2-1.amzn2.0.3.x86_64