CVE Catalog

CVE-2026-50260

HighCVSS 7.8
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk
0.15%

5th percentile - higher than 5% of all known CVEs

Summary

A use-after-free vulnerability was found in the X.Org X server and Xwayland in the FreeCounter() function. A client that sets up multiple SyncCounters and awaits on those triggers can trigger the flaw when destroying those counters via a second client connection.

Risk Assessment

This vulnerability may cause the X server to crash or allow privilege escalation if the X server runs as root, posing a significant security risk.

Recommendation

Immediately update the X.Org X server and Xwayland packages to a version containing the fix for the use-after-free vulnerability.

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Original NVD description (English source)

A use-after-free flaw was found in the X.Org X server and Xwayland in FreeCounter(). A client that sets up multiple SyncCounters and awaits on those triggers can trigger a use-after-free when destroying those counters via a second client connection. This may be used to crash the server, or for privilege escalation if the X server runs as root.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS