CVE-2026-93523

Public on 2026-10-09
Modified on 2026-10-09
Description
The XI2 passive ungrab path (XIPassiveUngrabDevice) is missing the modifier validation that exists in the grab path and in legacy XI paths. Without checking against AllModifiersMask, a client can supply out-of-range modifier values that lead to an out-of-bounds write when the modifier is used as an index.

An authenticated X client can trigger this by sending an XIPassiveUngrabDevice request with an out-of-range modifier value.
The out-of-bounds write can lead to arbitrary code execution or denial of service.

NOTE: https://lists.x.org/archives/xorg-announce/2026-October/003747.html
NOTE: Fixed by: https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/xorg/xserver/-/commit/aa56160fa213d8767e7da0c076b5c8242703313b (xorg-server-21.1.25)
Severity
Important severity
Important
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CVSS v3 Base Score
7.8
See breakdown

Affected Packages

Platform Package Release Date Advisory Status
Amazon Linux 2 - Core tigervnc Pending Fix
Amazon Linux 2023 tigervnc Pending Fix
Amazon Linux 2 - Core wayland Not Affected
Amazon Linux 2023 wayland Not Affected
Amazon Linux 2027 Preview wayland Not Affected
Amazon Linux 2023 xisxwayland Not Affected
Amazon Linux 2027 Preview xisxwayland Not Affected
Amazon Linux 2 - Core xorg-x11-server Pending Fix
Amazon Linux 2023 xorg-x11-server Pending Fix
Amazon Linux 2023 xorg-x11-server-Xwayland Pending Fix
Amazon Linux 2027 Preview xorg-x11-server-Xwayland Pending Fix
Amazon Linux 2027 Preview xwayland-run Not Affected

CVSS Scores

Score Type Score Vector
Amazon Linux CVSSv3 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H