๐Ÿ” CVE Alert

CVE-2026-88806

HIGH 7.5

libX11 XkbGetMap Reply Heap-based Buffer Overflow

CVSS Score
7.5
EPSS Score
0.0%
EPSS Percentile
0th

A malicious X server could exploit a buffer overflow in libX11 before 1.8.14 during handling of XkbGetMap overflowing the key_sym_map.

CWE CWE-122
Vendor x.org
Product libx11
Published Sep 21, 2026
Last Updated Sep 21, 2026
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CVSS v3 Breakdown

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

Affected Versions

x.org / libX11
0 < 1.8.14

References

NVD โ†— CVE.org โ†— EPSS Data โ†—
gitlab.freedesktop.org: https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/xorg/lib/libx11/-/merge_requests/309

Credits

Adam Bedard working with TrendAI Zero Day Initiative Claude:claude-opus-4-6