CVE catalog

CVE-2017-15131

xdg-user-dirs: CVE-2017-15131

Severity: High · CVSS 7.8CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Published: Jan 9, 2018, 9:29:00 PM UTC
Source: [NVD] · [CVE record]
EPSS: 0.32% · Oct 25, 2026

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.

Vulnerable and fixed packages

Distribution-reported package versions and fixes. These do not depend on matching against the OpenFactory package catalog.

Distribution	Package	Release	Version	Status
Debian	xdg-user-dirs	sid	`0.20-1`	vulnerable
Debian	xdg-user-dirs	forky	`0.20-1`	vulnerable
Debian	xdg-user-dirs	trixie	`0.18-2`	vulnerable
Debian	xdg-user-dirs	bookworm	`0.18-1`	vulnerable

Fixed-version evidence

Distribution	Package	Type	Release	Fixed version	Urgency	Origin	Bugs
Debian	xdg-user-dirs	source	sid	`(unfixed)`	unimportant	Not reported	Not reported
Debian	xdg-user-dirs	source	forky	`(unfixed)`	unimportant	Not reported	Not reported
Debian	xdg-user-dirs	source	trixie	`(unfixed)`	unimportant	Not reported	Not reported
Debian	xdg-user-dirs	source	bookworm	`(unfixed)`	unimportant	Not reported	Not reported

OpenFactory catalog packages

[Debian 12 (Bookworm)]

[xdg-user-dirs]Affected
Details (2)
- 0.18-1 · amd64 · bookworm
  Affected
  dsa · xdg-user-dirs · debian · bookworm; dsa · xdg-user-dirs · debian · 12
- 0.18-1 · arm64 · bookworm
  Affected
  dsa · xdg-user-dirs · debian · bookworm; dsa · xdg-user-dirs · debian · 12

[Debian 13 (Trixie)]

[xdg-user-dirs]Affected
Details (2)
- 0.18-2 · amd64 · trixie
  Affected
  dsa · xdg-user-dirs · debian · 13
- 0.18-2 · arm64 · trixie
  Affected
  dsa · xdg-user-dirs · debian · 13

Observed: Oct 23, 2026, 5:27:08 PM UTC

References

[Debian Security Tracker] · [FIRST EPSS] · [OSV Package Vulnerability Database] · [Red Hat security advisories and VEX] · [SUSE security advisories and VEX]