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CVE-2025-26596

Published: Feb 25, 2025

Modified: Apr 6, 2026

PUBLISHED

CVSS v3.1

7.8

HIGH

Description

A heap overflow flaw was found in X.Org and Xwayland. The computation of the length in XkbSizeKeySyms() differs from what is written in XkbWriteKeySyms(), which may lead to a heap-based buffer overflow.

VendorProductVersions

Unknown

xserver

affected
0 - < 21.1.16
affected
22.0.0 - < 24.1.6

Red Hat

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10

unaffected
0:24.1.5-3.el10_0 - < *

Red Hat

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Extended Lifecycle Support - EXTENSION

unaffected
0:1.1.0-25.el6_10 - < *

Red Hat

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Extended Lifecycle Support

unaffected
0:1.8.0-36.el7_9 - < *

Red Hat

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Extended Lifecycle Support

unaffected
0:1.20.4-30.el7_9 - < *

Red Hat

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8

unaffected
0:1.13.1-15.el8_10 - < *

Red Hat

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.2 Advanced Update Support

unaffected
0:1.9.0-15.el8_2.13 - < *

Red Hat

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 Advanced Mission Critical Update Support

unaffected
0:1.11.0-8.el8_4.12 - < *

Red Hat

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 Telecommunications Update Service

unaffected
0:1.11.0-8.el8_4.12 - < *

Red Hat

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 Update Services for SAP Solutions

unaffected
0:1.11.0-8.el8_4.12 - < *

Red Hat

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 Advanced Mission Critical Update Support

unaffected
0:1.12.0-6.el8_6.13 - < *

Red Hat

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 Telecommunications Update Service

unaffected
0:1.12.0-6.el8_6.13 - < *

Red Hat

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 Update Services for SAP Solutions

unaffected
0:1.12.0-6.el8_6.13 - < *

Red Hat

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.8 Extended Update Support

unaffected
0:1.12.0-15.el8_8.12 - < *

Red Hat

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9

unaffected
0:1.14.1-1.el9_5.1 - < *

Red Hat

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9

unaffected
0:1.20.11-28.el9_6 - < *

Red Hat

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9

unaffected
0:23.2.7-3.el9_6 - < *

Red Hat

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.0 Update Services for SAP Solutions

unaffected
0:1.11.0-22.el9_0.13 - < *

Red Hat

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.2 Extended Update Support

unaffected
0:1.12.0-14.el9_2.10 - < *

Red Hat

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.4 Extended Update Support

unaffected
0:1.13.1-8.el9_4.5 - < *

Red Hat

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6

All versions

Red Hat

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8

All versions

Red Hat

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8

All versions

Weaknesses (CWE)

CVSS v3.1 Details

CVSS v3.1 Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

References

RHSA-2025:2500
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_REDHAT
RHSA-2025:2502
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_REDHAT
RHSA-2025:2861
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_REDHAT
RHSA-2025:2862
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_REDHAT
RHSA-2025:2865
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_REDHAT
RHSA-2025:2866
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_REDHAT
RHSA-2025:2873
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_REDHAT
RHSA-2025:2874
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_REDHAT
RHSA-2025:2875
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_REDHAT
RHSA-2025:2879
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_REDHAT
RHSA-2025:2880
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_REDHAT
RHSA-2025:3976
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_REDHAT
RHSA-2025:7163
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_REDHAT
RHSA-2025:7165
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_REDHAT
RHSA-2025:7458
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_REDHAT
RHBZ#2345256
issue-tracking
x_refsource_REDHAT

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CVE-2025-26596 | HIGH (7.8) - Security Vulnerability | QwikSec