CVE-2026-11623A security vulnerability has been detected in tmux up to 3.6a.
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A security vulnerability has been detected in tmux up to 3.6a. Affected is the function image_free of the file image.c. Such manipulation leads to use after free. Local access is required to approach this attack. This attack is characterized by high complexity. The exploitability is told to be difficult. The exploit has been disclosed publicly and may be used. Upgrading to version 3.7-rc is able to address this issue. The name of the patch is fc6d94a9f8a593bd8b7031650802084385d4ee03. The affected component should be upgraded.
- CVSS
- 4.5 MEDIUM (v3.1, NVD)CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-119, CWE-416
- Known exploited
- Not in CISA's KEV catalog
- EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days)
- Not loaded for this CVE
- Assigned by
- Not given
- NVD analysis
- Deferred
- Record last updated
- Jul 23, 2026
- First seen by InfoSec Signals
- Oct 9, 2026
Affected products
No affected products are listed yet.
References
- https://gist.github.com/XlabAITeam/f0d9952595f795129a3258ba73bbc3cb
- https://github.com/tmux/tmux/
- https://github.com/tmux/tmux/commit/fc6d94a9f8a593bd8b7031650802084385d4ee03
- https://github.com/tmux/tmux/releases/tag/3.7-rc
- https://vuldb.com/cve/CVE-2026-11623
- https://vuldb.com/submit/835623
- https://vuldb.com/vuln/369303
- https://vuldb.com/vuln/369303/cti
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