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Ubuntu 24.04 LTS / 26.04 LTS / Pro Realtime 24.04 LTS : libinput vulnerability (USN-8753-1)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 345854

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Synopsis

The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote Ubuntu 24.04 LTS / 26.04 LTS / Pro Realtime 24.04 LTS host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the USN-8753-1 advisory.

 It was discovered that libinput did not properly escape device properties. A local attacker could possibly use this issue to inject arbitrary udev properties and execute arbitrary code as root.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu 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 affected libinput-bin, libinput-tools and / or libinput10 packages.

See Also

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-8753-1

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 345854

File Name: ubuntu_USN-8753-1.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Published: 9/15/2026

Updated: 9/15/2026

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.9

Percentile: 58.16

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:canonical:ubuntu_linux:24.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:26.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:pro:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libinput-bin, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libinput-tools, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libinput10

Required KB Items: Host/cpu, Host/Debian/dpkg-l, Host/Ubuntu, Host/Ubuntu/release

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/14/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/4/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-50292

IAVA: 2026-A-0554

USN: 8753-1