CVE-2025-26596

highpriority · track · 31EPSS 0.004 · 38 %ileDEEURUUS

grimoire priorityP2 · Scheduled

Exploitable?

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no known exploitation

Likely / severe?

0.44% (38th) EPSS

CVSS 7.8 · high

Is it mine?

90 products

Check your exposure

Who says so?

4 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · fstec_bdu · cert_bund

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

A heap overflow flaw was found in X.Org and Xwayland. The computation of the length in XkbSizeKeySyms() differs from what is written in XkbWriteKeySyms(), which may lead to a heap-based buffer overflow.

cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

7.8

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode

v3.17.8highCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 1.8 · impact 5.9

v3.17.8highAV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondary · FSTEC (BDU) RU

v3.17.8highCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondary · ENISA EU

v3.17.8highCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondary · secalert@redhat.com USexploitability 1.8 · impact 5.9

v3.17.1highCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:Usecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

ssvc

A stakeholder decision — act, attend, or track — from exploitation and impact.

Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical Impact: totalcoordinatorcisa_ssvcUS

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-122USCWE-787US

affected products (90)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

Amazon Linux 2all versionscert_bundDEcpe:/o:amazon:linux_2:-
Debian Linuxall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:-
Dell Avamarall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/a:dell:avamar:-
Dell NetWorker virtualall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/a:dell:networker:virtual
Fedora Linuxall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:-
Gentoo Linuxall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/o:gentoo:linux:-
IBM Power Hardware Management Console V10.3.1050.0-V10.3.1064.1all versionscert_bundDEcpe:/a:ibm:hardware_management_console:v10.3.1050.0_-_v10.3.1064.1
IBM Power Hardware Management Console V11.1.1110.0-V11.1.1112.2all versionscert_bundDEcpe:/a:ibm:hardware_management_console:v11.1.1110.0_-_v11.1.1112.2
OpenBSD OpenBSD 7.5all versionscert_bundDEcpe:/a:openbsd:openbsd:7.5
OpenBSD OpenBSD 7.6all versionscert_bundDEcpe:/a:openbsd:openbsd:7.6
Oracle Linuxall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/o:oracle:linux:-
RESF Rocky Linuxall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/o:resf:rocky_linux:-
Red Hat Enterprise Linuxall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:-
SUSE Linuxall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/o:suse:suse_linux:-
SUSE openSUSEall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/o:suse:opensuse:-
Ubuntu Linuxall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:-
Dell PowerProtect Data Domain< 7.10.1.70cert_bundDE
Dell PowerProtect Data Domain< 7.13.1.40cert_bundDE
Dell PowerProtect Data Domain< 8.3.1.10cert_bundDE
Dell PowerProtect Data Domain< 8.4.0.0cert_bundDE

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advisories (1)

Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.

WID-SEC-W-2025-0435X.Org X11: Mehrere Schwachstellen ermöglichen nicht näher spezifizierte Auswirkungen, möglicherweise CodeausführungDeutsch2025-02-25csaf · cert_bundDE
Ein lokaler Angreifer kann mehrere Schwachstellen in X.Org X11 ausnutzen, um nicht spezifizierte Effekte zu verursachen, was möglicherweise zur Ausführung von beliebigem Code führt.

also known as (4)

Other names and identifiers for this entity.

sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

cnnvd enisa_euvd fstec_bdu cert_bund NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2025-02-25modified 2026-07-07

references (38)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

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