CVE-2026-96424: CWE-732: Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource in UBports lomiri-download-manager
Description
CVE-2026-96424 is a high-severity vulnerability in UBports' lomiri-download-manager, specifically in the lomiri-upload-manager component. It involves incorrect DBus policy settings that allow an arbitrary user to read any file as root via DBus. This vulnerability affects versions from 0.1.0 up to but not including 0.3.3.
CVSS v3.1
Score 7.8high
Affected software
UBports
lomiri-download-manager
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Weaknesses
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Technical Analysis
The vulnerability identified as CVE-2026-96424 in UBports lomiri-download-manager arises from incorrect permission assignments in the DBus policy for lomiri-upload-manager. This misconfiguration permits an arbitrary user to read arbitrary files with root privileges over DBus, potentially leading to full confidentiality, integrity, and availability compromise of the affected system. The CVSS v3.1 base score is 7.8, indicating high severity, with attack vector local, low attack complexity, low privileges required, no user interaction, unchanged scope, and high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability.
Potential Impact
An attacker with local access can exploit this vulnerability to read any file on the system as root, leading to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability of the affected system. This could expose sensitive information and allow further system manipulation.
Mitigation Recommendations
Patch status is not yet confirmed — check the vendor advisory for current remediation guidance. No official fix or patch links are provided in the available data. Until a patch is available, restrict local user access and monitor for suspicious DBus activity related to lomiri-upload-manager.
Technical Details
- Data Version
- 5.2
- Assigner Short Name
- GitLab
- Date Reserved
- 2026-09-23T05:42:05.664Z
- Cvss Version
- 3.1
- State
- PUBLISHED
Threat ID: 6ad247a02cdf04f65602f97a
Added to database: 10/16/2026, 15:49:52 UTC
Last enriched: 10/16/2026, 16:03:16 UTC
Last updated: 10/16/2026, 16:08:26 UTC
Views: 4
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