Vulnerability in x.org xorg-x11-server

[ Description ]Official description

A buffer overread in CheckKeySyms() in X.Org X Server before 21.1.25 and XWayland before 24.1.14 could be used by authenticated X clients to leak small amounts of information from X server memory or potentially crash the X server.

[ Fixes ]Fixes and patches

No fix or interim patch is linked from our sources yet. Check the vendor references below and limit exposure of affected systems until a fix is available.

[ Advisories ]Government CERT advisories

• BSI CERT-Bund6 Oct 2026WID-SEC-2026-3787

  X.Org X11 and Xwayland: Multiple vulnerabilities Translated from German

  Risk mediumCVE-2026-93517CVE-2026-93522CVE-2026-93520+9 more CVEs

[ References ]References

• gitlab.freedesktop.org/xorg/xserver/-/commit/cea71d0273e4d5092aa9c6a8a770734c8935c02e