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Advisory severityHigh7.8Red Hat Linux

High [CVE-2025-26597] Xorg: xwayland: buffer overflow in xkbchangetypesofkey

This high-severity Red Hat Linux advisory covers CVE-2025-26597 affecting Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Extended Lifecycle Support - EXTENSION, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Extended Lifecycle Support.

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CVE-2025-26597
Affected products & platforms
Red Hat LinuxRed Hat Enterprise Linux
Open source advisory

Summary

A buffer overflow flaw was found in X.Org and Xwayland. If XkbChangeTypesOfKey() is called with a 0 group, it will resize the key symbols table to 0 but leave the key actions unchanged.

If the same function is later called with a non-zero value of groups, this will cause a buffer overflow because the key actions are of the wrong size. Xorg server does not run with root privileges in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 and 9, therefore, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 and 9 have been rated with a Moderate severity and are not affected by this bug.

Red Hat severity: Important — CVSS 7.8 (CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H). Weakness: CWE-119.

Affected products named by the advisory: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10; Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Extended Lifecycle Support - EXTENSION; Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Extended Lifecycle Support; Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.2 Advanced Update Support; and 12 more.

Is CVE-2025-26597 exploited?

No exploitation is reported in the sources VulniPulse tracks: CVE-2025-26597 is not in the CISA KEV catalog (checked ) and this advisory does not report exploitation. That is not proof the vulnerability cannot be exploited.

How do I fix CVE-2025-26597?

Upgrade to a fixed release named by Red Hat:

  • xorg-x11-server-Xwayland-0:24.1.5-3.el10_0
  • tigervnc-0:1.1.0-25.el6_10
  • tigervnc-0:1.8.0-36.el7_9
  • xorg-x11-server-0:1.20.4-30.el7_9
  • tigervnc-0:1.13.1-15.el8_10
  • tigervnc-0:1.9.0-15.el8_2.13
  • tigervnc-0:1.11.0-8.el8_4.12
  • tigervnc-0:1.12.0-6.el8_6.13
  • tigervnc-0:1.12.0-15.el8_8.12
  • tigervnc-0:1.14.1-1.el9_5.1
  • xorg-x11-server-0:1.20.11-28.el9_6
  • xorg-x11-server-Xwayland-0:23.2.7-3.el9_6

18 more fixed releases are listed below.

Confirm against the vendor advisory before you patch.

Affected versions

No affected-version range was extracted from the source record. The vendor advisory is authoritative. Check it before change work.

Official advisory · high-confidence parse· fetched 6 days ago·verify at source

Fixed versions
  • xorg-x11-server-Xwayland-0:24.1.5-3.el10_0
  • tigervnc-0:1.1.0-25.el6_10
  • tigervnc-0:1.8.0-36.el7_9
  • xorg-x11-server-0:1.20.4-30.el7_9
  • tigervnc-0:1.13.1-15.el8_10
  • tigervnc-0:1.9.0-15.el8_2.13
  • tigervnc-0:1.11.0-8.el8_4.12
  • tigervnc-0:1.12.0-6.el8_6.13
  • tigervnc-0:1.12.0-15.el8_8.12
  • tigervnc-0:1.14.1-1.el9_5.1
  • xorg-x11-server-0:1.20.11-28.el9_6
  • xorg-x11-server-Xwayland-0:23.2.7-3.el9_6
  • tigervnc-0:1.11.0-22.el9_0.13
  • tigervnc-0:1.12.0-14.el9_2.10
  • tigervnc-0:1.13.1-8.el9_4.5
  • RHSA-2025:7458
  • RHSA-2025:3976
  • RHSA-2025:2861
  • RHSA-2025:2879
  • RHSA-2025:2502
  • RHSA-2025:2866
  • RHSA-2025:2865
  • RHSA-2025:2880
  • RHSA-2025:2862
  • RHSA-2025:2500
  • RHSA-2025:7163
  • RHSA-2025:7165
  • RHSA-2025:2873
  • RHSA-2025:2874
  • RHSA-2025:2875

Official advisory · high-confidence parse· fetched 6 days ago·verify at source

Mitigation checklist

Recommended fix / mitigation
  • Mitigation for this issue is either not available or the currently available options don't meet the Red Hat Product Security criteria comprising ease of use and deployment, applicability to widespread installation base or stability.

Official advisory · high-confidence parse· fetched 6 days ago·verify at source

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