Medium5.5Red Hat & Ubuntu Linux
use-after-free information disclosure in CreateSaverWindow()
CVE-2026-50263 Published Jun 2, 2026
CVE-2026-50263
Affected products & platforms
Red Hat & Ubuntu LinuxUnclassified
Summary
use-after-free information disclosure in CreateSaverWindow(). Red Hat rates this moderate (CVSS 5.5). Weakness: CWE-416. Affected package(s): xorg-x11-server, xorg-x11-server-Xwayland, tigervnc. Resolved in Red Hat advisory RHSA-2026:26562 — update the affected packages (`sudo dnf update`).
Affected versions
- xorg-x11-server-0:1.20.11-34.el9_8.2
- xorg-x11-server-Xwayland-0:21.1.3-20.el8_10.2
- tigervnc-0:1.15.0-7.el9_8.2
- xorg-x11-server-Xwayland-0:24.1.9-4.el9_8.2
- xorg-x11-server-0:1.20.11-28.el8_10.2
- tigervnc-0:1.15.0-10.el8_10
- xorg-x11-server-Xwayland-0:24.1.9-4.el10_2.2
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Fixed versions
- RHSA-2026:26562
Official advisory · high-confidence parse· fetched 5 hours ago·verify at source
Mitigation checklist
Recommended fix / mitigation
- Update the affected package(s) to the fixed version shipped in RHSA-2026:26562 (`sudo dnf update` / `yum update`).
Official advisory · high-confidence parse· fetched 5 hours ago·verify at source
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