CVE-2026-16730 (GCVE-0-2026-16730)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-07-24 11:26 – Updated: 2026-07-24 14:48
VLAI
Title
Dbus-broker: dbus-broker: session bus denial of service via emfile during peer setup
Summary
A flaw was found in dbus-broker. When the process file-descriptor limit is reached, EMFILE/ENFILE errors during peer setup (notably SO_PEERPIDFD) are handled as fatal failures, causing the broker to exit. A local attacker who can open many connections to the user session bus can trigger this and deny service to the desktop session. Flatpak applications can reach the host session bus through the dbus proxy.
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator (v2.0.3)
CWE
  • CWE-755 - Improper Handling of Exceptional Conditions
Assigner
Impacted products
Date Public
2026-07-23 00:00
Credits
Red Hat would like to thank Josh Simmons for reporting this issue.
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