CVE-2024-42029

xdg-desktop-portal-hyprland (aka an XDG Desktop Portal backend for Hyprland) before 1.3.3 allows...

6.3 Medium

xdg-desktop-portal-hyprland (aka an XDG Desktop Portal backend for Hyprland) before 1.3.3 allows OS command execution, e.g., because single quotes are not used when sending a list of app IDs and titles via the environment.

Attack profile

How easy it is to exploit

Attack vector: Network
Complexity: Low
Privileges needed: Low
User interaction: None

What an attacker can affect

Confidentiality: Low
Integrity: Low
Availability: Low

Exploit likelihood

0.78%Up 0.7 points since Jul 27, 2024

What each source reports

CVE List Score used 6.3

Record: CVE-2024-42029
CVSS 3.1: 6.3 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
Weakness: CWE-78
Updated: 2026-11-02

EUVDEUVD-2024-39405 6.3

Record: EUVD-2024-39405
CVSS 3.1: 6.3 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
Updated: 2026-11-03

GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-7p5j-4xc4-hcj7 6.3

xdg-desktop-portal-hyprland (aka an XDG Desktop Portal backend for Hyprland) before 1.3.3 allows...

Record: GHSA-7p5j-4xc4-hcj7
CVSS 3.1: 6.3 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
Weakness: CWE-78
Updated: 2026-11-02

NVD 6.3

Record: CVE-2024-42029
CVSS 3.1: 6.3 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
Weakness: CWE-78
Updated: 2026-11-02

OSV 6.3

Record: CVE-2024-42029
CVSS 3.1: 6.3 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
Updated: 2026-11-02

Affected products

xdg desktop portal hyperland

History

History
Recorded	Changed	Sources
Nov 3, 2026	aliases	EUVD
Nov 2, 2026	first indexed	CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV

Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.

In short

CVE-2024-42029 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 6.3) in Xdg Desktop Portal Hyperland, published July 27, 2024. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.78%, the 56th percentile. No source names a fixed version.