Description
It was found that system umask policy is not being honored when creating XDG user directories, since Xsession sources xdg-user-dirs.sh before setting umask policy. This only affects xdg-user-dirs before 0.15.5 as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat | RHEL shipped xdg-user-dirs and gnome-session | before 0.15-5 | — |
Fixed in Linux distributions
Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.
Debian
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian 14 | xdg-user-dirs | No fix yet | — |
| Debian 13 | xdg-user-dirs | No fix yet | — |
| Debian 12 | xdg-user-dirs | No fix yet | — |
Red Hat
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| RHEL 7 | xdg-user-dirs | 0.15-5.el7 | RHSA-2018:0842 |
Amazon Linux
| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Amazon Linux 2 | xdg-user-dirs | 0.15-5.amzn2 | ALAS2-2018-1030 |
Oracle Linux
| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oracle Linux 7 | xdg-user-dirs | 0.15-5.el7 | ELSA-2018-0842 |
Advisories 3
- RHSA-2018:0842 Red Hat Security Advisory: xdg-user-dirs security and bug fix update Red Hat Security Advisories (RHSA) · Jun 26, 2026
- ALAS2-2018-1030 Low: xdg-user-dirs security update (Amazon Linux 2) Amazon Linux Security Center (ALAS) · Jun 11, 2018
- ELSA-2018-0842 Low: xdg-user-dirs security and bug fix update (Oracle Linux 7) Oracle Linux Security Advisories (ELSA) · Apr 16, 2018