CVE-2026-50256
An attacker can exploit multiple vulnerabilities in X.Org X11 and Xwayland to disclose information, escalate privileges, conduct a denial of service attack, and perform an unspecified attack.
CSIRTS triage
- What
- Multiple vulnerabilities allow an attacker to disclose information, escalate privileges, conduct a denial of service attack, and perform an unspecified attack.
- Who is affected
- Deployments of X.Org X11 and Xwayland are affected.
- Urgency
- Remediation is medium urgency due to the range of impacts possible.
- Action
- Update to the latest version of X.Org X11 and Xwayland.
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Exploitation outlook
- Low exploitation risk0.16% 30-day exploitation probability — currently an unlikely target, but scores change as exploit code circulates. Riskier than 5% of all EPSS-scored CVEs.
Advisory coverage (3)
- medium[UPDATE] [medium] X.Org X11 and Xwayland: Multiple vulnerabilitiescert-bund · 2026-08-17
- unknownDSA-6370-1 incus - security updatedebian · 2026-06-26
- highCVE-2026-50256: Xorg-x11-server: xorg-x11-server-xwayland: xorg-x11-server: stack buffer overflow in font alia…msrc · 2026-06-09
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