CVE-2026-50292

Publication date 4 June 2026

Last updated 6 August 2026

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

Cvss 3 Severity Score

7.4 · High

Score breakdown

Description

In libinput before 1.30.4 and 1.31.x before 1.31.3, libinput-device-group unescaped phys output can inject udev properties leading to arbitrary root code execution

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
libinput 26.04 LTS resolute
Vulnerable
25.10 questing Ignored end of life, was needs-triage
24.04 LTS noble
Vulnerable
22.04 LTS jammy
Fixed 1.20.0-1ubuntu0.4
20.04 LTS focal
Fixed 1.15.5-1ubuntu0.3+esm1
18.04 LTS bionic Ignored changes too intrusive
16.04 LTS xenial Ignored changes too intrusive

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Patch details

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Package Patch details
libinput

Severity score breakdown

CVSS version: CVSS v3.0

Base score 7.4 · High

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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