CVE-2026-50259
A stack-based buffer overflow flaw was found in the X.Org X server and Xwayland. _XkbSetMapChecks() declares a fixed-size stack buffer mapWidths[256] indexed by key type index. The helper function CheckKeyTypes() writes to this buffer at a client-controlled offset, allowing a stack buffer overflow. This may be used to crash the server, or for privilege escalation if the X server runs as root.
- Score
- CVSS 3.1 7.8 High
- Status
- Modified - secalert@redhat.com
- Published
- 2026-06-05
- Last modified
- 2026-09-28
- Weaknesses
- CWE-121
Affected products
- Enterprise Linux (Redhat)
- Enterprise Linux Eus (Redhat)
- Rhel Aus (Redhat)
- Rhel E4s (Redhat)
- Rhel Els (Redhat)
- Rhel Eus (Redhat)
- Rhel Eus Long Life (Redhat)
- Rhel Tus (Redhat)
- X Server (X.org)
- Xwayland (X.org)
References
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:26562
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:26566
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:26590
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:26610
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:26709
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:28923
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:29844
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:36083
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:36085
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:36086
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:36087
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:36632
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:36633
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:36634
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:36768
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:36791
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:36792
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:36798
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:38502
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:38810
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:46377
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:46382
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:46385
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:46392
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:46456
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:46460
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:46473
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:49519
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-50259
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2485384
