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CVE-2026-120749

Dbus: dbus-daemon: dbus-daemon aborts (reply_serial != 0) when a broadcast from the driver cannot be delivered to a monitored bus

6.2 Medium

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.

Attack profile

How easy it is to exploit

Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges needed
None
User interaction
None

What an attacker can affect

Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High

Exploit likelihood

0.12%Unchanged since Nov 6, 2026
90%50%10%1%

What each source reports

CVE List Score used 6.2

Dbus: dbus-daemon: dbus-daemon aborts (reply_serial != 0) when a broadcast from the driver cannot be delivered to a monitored bus

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.

Record
CVE-2026-120749
CVSS 3.1
6.2 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Weakness
CWE-617
Updated
2026-11-06
EUVDEUVD-2026-117967 6.2

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.

Record
EUVD-2026-117967
CVSS 3.1
6.2 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Updated
2026-11-06
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-r7wg-4x32-8p6v 6.2

A flaw was found in D-Bus. With a privileged Monitoring client attached (for example dbus-monitor...

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.

Record
GHSA-r7wg-4x32-8p6v
CVSS 3.1
6.2 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Weakness
CWE-617
Updated
2026-11-06
NVD 6.2

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.

Record
CVE-2026-120749
CVSS 3.1
6.2 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Weakness
CWE-617
Updated
2026-11-06
OSVDEBIAN-CVE-2026-120749 6.2

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.

Record
DEBIAN-CVE-2026-120749
CVSS 3.1
6.2 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Updated
2026-11-07
OSVUBUNTU-CVE-2026-120749 6.2

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.

Record
UBUNTU-CVE-2026-120749
CVSS 3.1
6.2 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Updated
2026-11-07

Affected products

Affected packages

Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
dbus
Debian:12
All versions, plus listed versions
1.14.10-11.14.10-1~deb12u11.14.10-21.14.10-31.14.10-4
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1.14.10-51.14.10-61.14.6-11.14.8-11.14.8-1+loong641.14.8-1~deb12u11.14.8-21.14.8-2~deb12u11.14.99~git20220715-11.15.0-11.15.10-11.15.12-11.15.2-11.15.4-11.15.6-11.15.6-21.15.8-11.15.8-21.15.8-31.15.8-41.15.90-11.15.92-11.16.0-11.16.2-11.16.2-21.16.2-31.16.2-41.16.2-51.16.2-61.16.2-71.16.2-8
None known
dbus
Debian:13
All versions, plus listed versions
1.16.2-21.16.2-31.16.2-41.16.2-51.16.2-61.16.2-71.16.2-8
None known
dbus
Debian:14
All versions, plus listed versions
1.16.2-21.16.2-31.16.2-41.16.2-51.16.2-61.16.2-71.16.2-8
None known
dbus
Ubuntu:Pro:14.04:LTS
All versions, plus listed versions
1.6.12-0ubuntu101.6.18-0ubuntu11.6.18-0ubuntu21.6.18-0ubuntu31.6.18-0ubuntu4
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1.6.18-0ubuntu4.11.6.18-0ubuntu4.21.6.18-0ubuntu4.31.6.18-0ubuntu4.41.6.18-0ubuntu4.51.6.18-0ubuntu4.5+esm11.6.18-0ubuntu4.5+esm21.6.18-0ubuntu4.5+esm3
None known
dbus
Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS
All versions, plus listed versions
1.10.0-1ubuntu11.10.4-1ubuntu21.10.6-1ubuntu11.10.6-1ubuntu21.10.6-1ubuntu3
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1.10.6-1ubuntu3.11.10.6-1ubuntu3.31.10.6-1ubuntu3.41.10.6-1ubuntu3.51.10.6-1ubuntu3.61.10.6-1ubuntu3.6+esm11.10.6-1ubuntu3.6+esm21.10.6-1ubuntu3.6+esm3
None known
dbus
Ubuntu:18.04:LTS
All versions, plus listed versions
1.10.22-1ubuntu11.12.0-1ubuntu11.12.2-1ubuntu11.12.2-1ubuntu1.11.12.2-1ubuntu1.21.12.2-1ubuntu1.31.12.2-1ubuntu1.4
None known
dbus
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS
All versions, plus listed versions
1.12.14-1ubuntu21.12.16-2ubuntu11.12.16-2ubuntu21.12.16-2ubuntu2.11.12.16-2ubuntu2.21.12.16-2ubuntu2.3
None known
dbus
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS
All versions, plus listed versions
1.12.20-2ubuntu21.12.20-2ubuntu31.12.20-2ubuntu41.12.20-2ubuntu4.1
None known
dbus
Ubuntu:24.04:LTS
All versions, plus listed versions
1.14.10-1ubuntu11.14.10-3ubuntu11.14.10-4ubuntu11.14.10-4ubuntu21.14.10-4ubuntu31.14.10-4ubuntu41.14.10-4ubuntu4.1
None known
dbus
Ubuntu:26.10
All versions, plus listed versions
1.16.2-2ubuntu41.16.2-5ubuntu11.16.2-5ubuntu2
None known
dbus
Ubuntu:26.04:LTS
All versions, plus listed versions
1.16.2-2ubuntu21.16.2-2ubuntu31.16.2-2ubuntu4
None known

History

History
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affected, aliases, referencesOSV
affected, aliases, published, referencesOSV
publishedEUVD, NVD
publishedEUVD
aliases, referencesGitHub Advisories
aliases, publishedEUVD
first indexedCVE List

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In short

CVE-2026-120749 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 6.2) in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10, published November 6, 2026. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.12%, the 2nd percentile. No source names a fixed version.

References

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