Medium [CVE-2026-58015] path traversal in glib/gio/gdbusauthmechanismsha1.c via keyring_lookup_entry and mechanism_client_data_receive

A flaw was found in GLib. The D-Bus client-side implementation of the DBUS_COOKIE_SHA1 SASL authentication mechanism does not validate the cookie_context parameter received from the server.

A malicious D-Bus server can supply a cookie_context containing path traversal sequences, causing the client to read an arbitrary file and exfiltrate sensitive data by verifying guessed file contents against a generated hash.

To exploit this flaw, an attacker must be in a position to perform a man-in-the-middle (MitM) attack on the connection or operate a malicious server that the client connects to. Furthermore, extracting data requires an oracle attack (guessing and hashing), increasing the complexity of exploitation.

However, if successful, this issue allows the exfiltration of sensitive secrets, such as SSH keys or API tokens, from the filesystem. Due to these reasons, this vulnerability has been rated with a moderate severity.

Red Hat severity: Moderate — CVSS 5.9 (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N). Weakness: CWE-22.

Affected products named by the advisory: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10.0 Extended Update Support; Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Extended Lifecycle Support; Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 Advanced Mission Critical Update Support; Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 Extended Update Support Long-Life Add-On; and 27 more.