CVE-2026-120749
Publication date 6 November 2026
Last updated 6 November 2026
Ubuntu priority
Description
A flaw was found in D-Bus. With a privileged Monitoring client attached (for example dbus-monitor or busctl monitor), an unprivileged local user can cause dbus-daemon to abort if a driver-originated broadcast such as NameOwnerChanged or ActivatableServicesChanged cannot be delivered to a recipient (for example due to a deny rule or an exceeded outgoing message queue). Driver broadcasts still use serial 0; when delivery fails, composing the monitor error reply asserts reply_serial != 0 and aborts the daemon. This is an incomplete fix for CVE-2023-34969, which only assigned serials for driver messages sent to a single recipient. On the well-known system bus this is a denial of service.
Status
| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
|---|---|---|
| dbus | 26.10 stonking |
Needs evaluation
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| 26.04 LTS resolute |
Needs evaluation
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| 24.04 LTS noble |
Needs evaluation
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| 22.04 LTS jammy |
Needs evaluation
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| 20.04 LTS focal |
Needs evaluation
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| 18.04 LTS bionic |
Needs evaluation
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| 16.04 LTS xenial |
Needs evaluation
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| 14.04 LTS trusty |
Needs evaluation
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Severity score breakdown
CVSS version: CVSS v3.0
Base score
6.2 · Medium
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
References
Other references
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-120749
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-120749
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2567978
- https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/dbus/dbus/-/merge_requests/565
- https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/dbus/dbus/-/merge_requests/592
- https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/dbus/dbus/-/work_items/576