# CVE-2026-58015: Glib: path traversal in glib/gio/gdbusauthmechanismsha1.c via keyring_lookup_entry and mechanism_client_data_receive

> A malicious D-Bus server can exploit a path traversal flaw in GLib's DBUS_COOKIE_SHA1 mechanism to read arbitrary files from the client system.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.9 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** Yes
- **Published:** 30 Jun 2026
- **Updated:** 29 Oct 2026
- **Also known as:** AZL-91430, BELL-CVE-2026-58015, DEBIAN-CVE-2026-58015, ECHO-0da1-91d0-b905, GHSA-hmpf-72wc-2r6x, JLSEC-2026-1248, MINI-c727-hrh5-qj56, ROOT-OS-ALPINE-323-CVE-2026-58015, ROOT-OS-DEBIAN-11-CVE-2026-58015, ROOT-OS-DEBIAN-12-CVE-2026-58015, UBUNTU-CVE-2026-58015

## What is CVE-2026-58015?

CVE-2026-58015 is a medium-severity path traversal vulnerability in Redhat Enterprise Linux, published on 30 Jun 2026. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

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.

Weakness: CWE-22 (Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-58015?

It affects 2 products.


Products: Gnome Glib, Redhat Enterprise Linux.

## How do I fix CVE-2026-58015?

Apply the vendor's patch.

## Is CVE-2026-58015 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-58015 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Redhat Enterprise Linux

- [CVE-2020-35457](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-35457/): Integer overflow in n/a (high 7.8)
- [CVE-2009-3289](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2009-3289/): Privilege escalation in n/a (high 7.8)
- [CVE-2025-13601](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-13601/): Glib: integer overflow in in g_escape_uri_string() (high 7.7)
- [CVE-2026-58016](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-58016/): Glib: integer underflow in gio/gdbusintrospection.c via "g_dbus_node_info_new_for_xml" (high 7.5)
- [CVE-2025-4056](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-4056/): Glib: glib crash after long command line (high 7.5)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2026-58015 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2026-58015 is a medium-severity path traversal vulnerability in Redhat Enterprise Linux, published on 30 Jun 2026. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-58015 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Redhat Enterprise Linux. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-58015/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-58015/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-58015
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-58015
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2026-58015

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-58015/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.