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CVE-2026-50260

36
FAUCET Score

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.

First published: Jun 5, 2026Last modified: Jul 27, 2026

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 21.1.23CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:x.org:x_server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
< 24.1.12CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:x.org:xwayland:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
7.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
8.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
9.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

7.8HIGH

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

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
1.8
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.15%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
5.0%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0015 is in the 22nd percentile among its peer group of 17,070 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.2 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (2)

microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: azl3 xorg-x11-server-Xwayland 24.1.6-4 on Azure Linux 3.0Fixed in: 24.1.12-1
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: 21316-17084Fixed in: 24.1.12-1

Vendor Advisories (1)

microsoft2026-Jun/CVE-2026-50260Moderate

Xorg-x11-server: xorg-x11-server-xwayland: xorg-x11-server: use-after-free in freecounter()

Jun 9, 2026

References

security.access.redhat.com / data/csaf/v2/vex/2026/cve-2026-50260.json
access.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2026:26562
access.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2026:26566
access.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2026:26590
access.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2026:26610
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access.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2026:28923
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access.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2026:46377
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access.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2026:46460
access.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2026:46473
access.redhat.com / security/cve/CVE-2026-50260
Third Party Advisory
bugzilla.redhat.com / show_bug.cgi
Issue TrackingThird Party Advisory
gitlab.freedesktop.org / xorg/xserver/-/commit/f5abfb61994471023d8c6470428c8e30c411cc0b
Patch
lists.x.org / archives/xorg-announce/2026-June/003702.html
Mailing ListVendor Advisory
redhat.atlassian.net / browse/PSIRTSUPT-16950
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