Vulnerability Report

CVE-2026-50261

Title: X.Org X Server & Xwayland Use-After-Free

Auth Bypass

Proof Of Concept

No public PoC currently indexed for CVE-2026-50261.

CWE Category CWE-416

Published Date Jun 05, 2026

Modified Date Jul 27, 2026

Exploit Status Not Found

Score 7.8 CVSS v3.1

Exploit Probability (EPSS)

0.15%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2026-50261: A use-after-free flaw was found in the X.Org X server and Xwayland in SyncChangeCounter(). A client that sets up multiple SyncCounters can trigger a use-after-free when destroying those counters via a second client connection while changing those counters. This may be used to crash the server, or for privilege escalation if the X server runs as root.

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Reference Links

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-50261 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2485386 https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/xorg/xserver/-/commit/bdd7bf57af208b1ddf57d4683d67104443b44812 https://lists.x.org/archives/xorg-announce/2026-June/003702.html https://redhat.atlassian.net/browse/PSIRTSUPT-16950

CVSS v3.1

Source Entity [email protected]

Severity HIGH

7.8

Attack Vector

LOCAL

Complexity

LOW

Privileges

N/A

Interaction

NONE

Confidentiality

N/A

Integrity

N/A

Availability

N/A

Scope

UNCHANGED

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

CVSS v3.1

Source Entity 0b0ca135-0b70-47e7-9f44-1890c2a1c46c

Severity HIGH

7.8

Attack Vector

LOCAL

Complexity

LOW

Privileges

N/A

Interaction

NONE

Confidentiality

N/A

Integrity

N/A

Availability

N/A

Scope

UNCHANGED

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

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2026-50261 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

No public PoCs found in our database for this CVE.

July 27, 2026 MODIFIED

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Attack Vector Matrix

Access Vector LOCAL

Complexity LOW

Privileges N/A

Interaction NONE

CVSS Vector String


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

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.