GHSA-xrw6-gwf8-vvr9
HIGHGHSA-xrw6-gwf8-vvr9 is a high-severity (CVSS 7.1) CWE-290 vulnerability in Tmds.DBus. O3 Security confirms whether GHSA-xrw6-gwf8-vvr9 is actually reachable in your code before you act, and blocks exploitation at runtime until you patch.
Tmds.DBus: malicious D-Bus peers can spoof signals, exhaust file descriptor resources, and cause denial of service
Real-World Exposure
Tmds.DBus.NETTmds.DBus.Protocol.NETTmds.DBus.ProtocolReal-time download stats are indexed for npm and PyPI packages. This vulnerability affects NuGet packages — download data is not available via public APIs for these ecosystems.
Description
Tmds.DBus and Tmds.DBus.Protocol are vulnerable to malicious D-Bus peers. A peer on the same bus can spoof signals by impersonating the owner of a well-known name, exhaust system resources or cause file descriptor spillover by sending messages with an excessive number of Unix file descriptors, and crash the application by sending malformed message bodies that cause unhandled exceptions on the SynchronizationContext.
Patches
The vulnerabilities are fixed in version 0.92.0. For Tmds.DBus.Protocol, the fixes are also backported to 0.21.3.
Workarounds
There are no known workarounds. Users should upgrade to a patched version.
Affected Packages
| Ecosystem | Package | Vulnerable range | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|
| .NETNuGet | Tmds.DBus | all versions | 0.92.0 |
| .NETNuGet | Tmds.DBus.Protocol | all versions | 0.21.3 |
| .NETNuGet | Tmds.DBus.Protocol | ≥ 0.22.0&&< 0.92.0 | 0.92.0 |
Detection & mitigation playbook
Open-source dependencyDetect
Scan your dependency tree (package-lock.json, pnpm-lock.yaml, requirements.txt, go.sum, etc.) for Tmds.DBus. O3's reachability analysis confirms whether the vulnerable code path is actually invoked in your application, so you act on real exposure instead of every transitive match.
Fix
Update Tmds.DBus to 0.92.0 or later, then make sure no transitive (indirect) dependency still pins the vulnerable range — O3 confirms GHSA-xrw6-gwf8-vvr9 is resolved across your whole dependency graph.
Workarounds
If you can't upgrade right away: gate or disable the affected feature, validate untrusted input at the boundary, and avoid passing attacker-controlled data into the vulnerable path. O3's runtime protection blocks exploitation in production as an interim safeguard until the upgrade lands.
How O3 protects you
O3 pinpoints whether GHSA-xrw6-gwf8-vvr9 is reachable in your code and exactly where to fix it, then blocks exploitation in production at runtime until the patched version is deployed.
Tailored to GHSA-xrw6-gwf8-vvr9. Runtime protection reduces exposure until a permanent patch is applied and verified — it complements patching, it doesn't replace it.
Frequently Asked Questions
Is GHSA-xrw6-gwf8-vvr9 in your dependencies?
O3 detects GHSA-xrw6-gwf8-vvr9 across NuGet dependencies and uses function-level reachability to confirm whether the vulnerable code path is actually reachable — not just present. No false positives.