RHEL 10 : libinput (RHSA-2026:43290)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 328946

Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing a security update for libinput.

Description

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 10 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2026:43290 advisory.

libinput is a library that handles input devices for display servers and other applications that need to directly deal with input devices.

Security Fix(es):

* libinput: local privilege escalation via crafted uinput devices (CVE-2026-50292)

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.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Red Hat Enterprise Linux security advisory.

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

Solution

Update the RHEL libinput package based on the guidance in RHSA-2026:43290.

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 328946

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2026-43290.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks

Published: 7/22/2026

Updated: 7/22/2026

Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.9

Percentile: 58.08

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Moderate

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 7.4

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-50292

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:10, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux_eus:10.0, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libinput-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libinput-utils, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libinput

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list, Host/cpu

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 7/22/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/4/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-50292

CWE: 78

RHSA: 2026:43290

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