A flaw was found in libinput. An attacker capable of deploying a Lua plugin file in specific system directories can exploit a dangling pointer vulnerability. This occurs when a garbage collection cleanup function is called, leaving a pointer that can then be printed to system logs. This could potentially expose sensitive data if the memory location is re-used, leading to information disclosure. For this exploit to work, Lua plugins must be enabled in libinput and loaded by the compositor.

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-202608-08 (libinput: Multiple Vulnerabilities)

    Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in libinput. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced     below for details.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Gentoo Linux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote Fedora 44 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the FEDORA-2026-56fa441129 advisory.

    libinput 1.31.1, fixes Lua plugin sandbox escape (CVE-2026-35093, CVE-2026-35094)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote Fedora 43 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the FEDORA-2026-5aafda8cd8 advisory.

    libinput 1.30.3, fixes Lua plugin sandbox escape (CVE-2026-35093,CVE-2026-35094)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available.

  - A flaw was found in libinput. An attacker capable of deploying a Lua plugin file in specific system     directories can exploit a dangling pointer vulnerability. This occurs when a garbage collection cleanup     function is called, leaving a pointer that can then be printed to system logs. This could potentially     expose sensitive data if the memory location is re-used, leading to information disclosure. For this     exploit to work, Lua plugins must be enabled in libinput and loaded by the compositor. (CVE-2026-35094)

Note that Nessus relies on the presence of the package as reported by the vendor.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Type	Severity
335322	GLSA-202608-08 : libinput: Multiple Vulnerabilities	Nessus	Gentoo Local Security Checks	Local	medium
310672	Fedora 44 : libinput (2026-56fa441129)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	Local	medium
305023	Fedora 43 : libinput (2026-5aafda8cd8)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	Local	medium
304629	Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2026-35094	Nessus	Misc.	Local	medium

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