libinput: local privilege escalation via crafted uinput devices

A flaw was found in libinput. A local attacker with access to /dev/uinput can inject arbitrary udev properties through the libinput-device-group helper. This injection can lead to root code execution, for example, by exploiting REMOVECMD properties that are executed when a device is removed. This...

libinput security update

An update is available for libinput. This update affects Rocky Linux 10. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System CVSS base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE list libinput is a library that handles input devices for display servers and...

RLSA-2026:39296 Moderate: libinput security update

libinput is a library that handles input devices for display servers and other applications that need to directly deal with input devices. Security Fixes: libinput: local privilege escalation via crafted uinput devices CVE-2026-50292 For more details about the security issues, including the impac...

Moderate: Red Hat Security Advisory: libinput security update

An update for libinput is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Moderate. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System CVSS base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from...

ALSA-2026:39296 Moderate: libinput security update

libinput is a library that handles input devices for display servers and other applications that need to directly deal with input devices. Security Fixes: libinput: local privilege escalation via crafted uinput devices CVE-2026-50292 For more details about the security issues, including the impac...

SUSE-SU-2026:2530-1 Security update for libinput

This update for libinput fixes the following issues - CVE-2026-50265,CVE-2026-50292: crafted uinput devices can lead to local privilege escalation bsc1267852...

SUSE-SU-2026:2529-1 Security update for libinput

This update for libinput fixes the following issues - CVE-2026-50265,CVE-2026-50292: crafted uinput devices can lead to local privilege escalation bsc1267852...

SUSE-SU-2026:2524-1 Security update for libinput

This update for libinput fixes the following issues - CVE-2026-50265,CVE-2026-50292: crafted uinput devices can lead to local privilege escalation bsc1267852...

SUSE-SU-2026:2523-1 Security update for libinput

This update for libinput fixes the following issues - CVE-2026-50265,CVE-2026-50292: crafted uinput devices can lead to local privilege escalation bsc1267852...

SUSE-SU-2026:22165-1 Security update for libinput

This update for libinput fixes the following issues - CVE-2026-50265,CVE-2026-50292: crafted uinput devices can lead to local privilege escalation bsc1267852...

OPENSUSE-SU-2026:21091-1 Security update for libinput

This update for libinput fixes the following issues - CVE-2026-50265,CVE-2026-50292: crafted uinput devices can lead to local privilege escalation bsc1267852...

Fedora 44 : libinput (2026-5e2446b30f)

The remote Fedora 44 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the FEDORA-2026-5e2446b30f advisory. libinput 1.31.3, fixes a udev property inject via uinput devices that can lead to local privilege escalation Tenable has extracted the preceding description...

CVE-2026-50265

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CVE-2026-50265

CVE-2026-50265 describes a local privilege escalation in libinput. A local attacker with access to /dev/uinput can inject arbitrary udev properties via the libinput-device-group helper, which can lead to root code execution (e.g., through REMOVE_CMD properties executed when a device is removed). ...