CVE-2026-50292

Severity: critical (CVSS 9.8 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2026-06-04 · updated 2026-07-22
Weakness: CWE-93

Description

In libinput before 1.30.4 and 1.31.x before 1.31.3, libinput-device-group unescaped phys output can inject udev properties leading to arbitrary root code execution

Affected products

libinput: before 1.30.4; from 1.31.0 before 1.31.3 — fixed in 1.30.4, 1.31.3

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: libinput 1.30.4, 1.31.3. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/libinput/libinput/-/commit/76f0d8a7f57e2868882864b4611281f12f704b55
https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/libinput/libinput/-/work_items/1296
https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/06/04/5
https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/libinput/libinput/-/work_items/1296

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