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Medium ALSA-2026:99865 1 CVE

Moderate: xorg-x11-server security update

Published Nov 12, 2026 · Updated Nov 13, 2026

Summary

X.Org is an open-source implementation of the X Window System. It provides the basic low-level functionality that full-fledged graphical user interfaces are designed upon.

Security Fix(es):

* xorg-x11-server: xorg-x11-server: arbitrary code execution via out-of-bounds write in XKB keycode handling (CVE-2026-93520)

For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Fixed packages 8

ReleasePackageFixed in
AlmaLinux · 8 xorg-x11-server-common 1.20.11-28.el8_10.6
AlmaLinux · 8 xorg-x11-server-devel 1.20.11-28.el8_10.6
AlmaLinux · 8 xorg-x11-server-source 1.20.11-28.el8_10.6
AlmaLinux · 8 xorg-x11-server-Xdmx 1.20.11-28.el8_10.6
AlmaLinux · 8 xorg-x11-server-Xephyr 1.20.11-28.el8_10.6
AlmaLinux · 8 xorg-x11-server-Xnest 1.20.11-28.el8_10.6
AlmaLinux · 8 xorg-x11-server-Xorg 1.20.11-28.el8_10.6
AlmaLinux · 8 xorg-x11-server-Xvfb 1.20.11-28.el8_10.6

Vulnerabilities 1

  • High 7.8

    X.Org Server XKB ChangeKeycodeRange Heap Out-of-Bounds Write

    A heap buffer overflow caused by mismatching size calculations between XkbAllocNames and ChangeKeycodeRange in X.org X server before 2.1.25 and XWayland before 24.1.14 could be used by authenticated X clients to crash or potentially execute code in X server c…

References

  • report
    https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-93520
  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2545908
  • advisory
    https://errata.almalinux.org/8/ALSA-2026-99865.html