CVE-2026-94286Out-of-bounds read in libXtst's RECORD reply parser
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EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.18%, higher than 7% of scored CVEs.
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An out-of-bounds read in libXtst's RECORD reply parser in libXtst before 1.2.6 could be used by malicious X servers to crash attached X clients.
- CVSS
- 7.1 HIGH (v3.1, CNA)CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:H
- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-126
- Known exploited
- Not in CISA's KEV catalog
- EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days)
- 0.18% (percentile 7)
- Assigned by
- suse
- NVD analysis
- Awaiting Analysis
- Record last updated
- Sep 30, 2026
- First seen by InfoSec Signals
- Oct 9, 2026
Affected products
x.org libXtst x.org:libxtst (from the name) | before 1.2.6 | CNA record |
References
- https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/xorg/lib/libxtst/-/merge_requests/10/diffs?commit_id=16023c86070e6af9407330deea3938fcef75815bpatch
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