RHSA-2026:21716 — Security Advisory

Red Hat Security Advisory: xorg-x11-server-Xwayland security update

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Severity

Important

Red Hat Product Security

RHEL 8

Products

Official CSAF product identity

Published · May 28, 2026

Updated · October 3, 2026

Topic

An update for xorg-x11-server-Xwayland is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 Advanced Mission Critical Update Support, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 Update Services for SAP Solutions, and Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 Telecommunications Update Service.

Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Important. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE link(s) in the References section.

Description

Xwayland is an X server for running X clients under Wayland.

Security Fix(es):

  • xorg: xwayland: X.Org X server: Denial of Service via integer underflow in XKB compatibility map handling (CVE-2026-33999)

  • xwayland: xorg: X.Org X server: Information disclosure and denial of service via out-of-bounds read in XKB geometry processing. (CVE-2026-34000)

  • xorg: xwayland: X.Org X server: Use-after-free vulnerability leads to server crash and potential memory corruption (CVE-2026-34001)

  • xorg: xwayland: X.Org X server: Information disclosure or Denial of Service via out-of-bounds read in XKB modifier map handling (CVE-2026-34002)

  • xorg: xwayland: X.Org X server: Information exposure and denial of service via out-of-bounds memory access (CVE-2026-34003)

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.

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