A flaw was found in dnf5. A local, unprivileged attacker can exploit a path traversal vulnerability in the D-Bus locale configuration. By providing a specially crafted string to the locale key during session opening, the attacker can force the dnf5daemon-server to terminate, leading to an application-level Denial of Service (DoS) with a core dump.
History

Wed, 25 Mar 2026 12:00:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Dnf5
Dnf5 dnf5
Vendors & Products Dnf5
Dnf5 dnf5

Tue, 24 Mar 2026 12:15:00 +0000

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Description A flaw was found in dnf5. A local, unprivileged attacker can exploit a path traversal vulnerability in the D-Bus locale configuration. By providing a specially crafted string to the locale key during session opening, the attacker can force the dnf5daemon-server to terminate, leading to an application-level Denial of Service (DoS) with a core dump.
Title dnf5: dnf5: Denial of Service via path traversal in D-Bus locale configuration
Weaknesses CWE-22
References
Metrics threat_severity

None

cvssV3_1

{'score': 5.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H'}

threat_severity

Moderate


cve-icon MITRE

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cve-icon NVD

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cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2026-03-09T12:34:00Z

Links: CVE-2026-3836 - Bugzilla