CVE-2024-42029

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.3 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2024-07-27 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-78

Description

xdg-desktop-portal-hyprland (aka an XDG Desktop Portal backend for Hyprland) before 1.3.3 allows OS command execution, e.g., because single quotes are not used when sending a list of app IDs and titles via the environment.

Affected products

xdg Desktop Portal Hyperland: before 1.3.3 — fixed in 1.3.3

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: xdg Desktop Portal Hyperland 1.3.3. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

https://github.com/hyprwm/xdg-desktop-portal-hyprland/commit/0bb709491baffd69f4f861802f00cf60c77cc2cd
https://github.com/hyprwm/xdg-desktop-portal-hyprland/issues/242
https://github.com/hyprwm/xdg-desktop-portal-hyprland/releases/tag/v1.3.3
https://github.com/hyprwm/xdg-desktop-portal-hyprland/commit/0bb709491baffd69f4f861802f00cf60c77cc2cd
https://github.com/hyprwm/xdg-desktop-portal-hyprland/issues/242
https://github.com/hyprwm/xdg-desktop-portal-hyprland/releases/tag/v1.3.3

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