🔐 CVE Alert

CVE-2026-109088

MEDIUM 6.5

libXtst RECORD EnableContext Reply Endless Loop

CVSS Score
6.5
EPSS Score
0.0%
EPSS Percentile
0th

A malicious X server could send malformed  RECORD EnableContext reolies that can cause a X client using the parse_reply_call_callback function in libXtst before 1.2.6 to enter a endless loop.

CWE CWE-835
Vendor x.org
Product libxtst
Published Oct 27, 2026
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CVSS v3 Breakdown

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
Required
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High

Affected Versions

X.org / libXtst
0 < 1.2.6

References

NVD ↗ CVE.org ↗ EPSS Data ↗
gitlab.freedesktop.org: https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/xorg/lib/libxtst/-/merge_requests/11

Credits

Kaya Emre Arikan