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Ubuntu 14.04 LTS / 16.04 LTS / 18.04 LTS / 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS / 24.04 LTS / 26.04 LTS : libx11 vulnerabilities (USN-8913-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 365763

Synopsis

The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote Ubuntu 14.04 LTS / 16.04 LTS / 18.04 LTS / 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS / 24.04 LTS / 26.04 LTS host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-8913-1 advisory.

 Adam Bedard discovered that libx11 incorrectly handled certain XKB keyboard map replies. If a user were tricked into connecting to a malicious X server, a remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause libx11 to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2026-88806)

 It was discovered that libx11 incorrectly handled certain X Input Method (XIM) messages. If a user were tricked into connecting to a malicious X server, a remote attacker could possibly use these issues to cause libx11 to crash, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2026-94283, CVE-2026-94284)

 It was discovered that libx11 incorrectly handled converting certain multibyte text. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause libx11 to crash, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2026-94285)

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

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

Solution

Update the affected libx11-6, libx11-data and / or libx11-xcb1 packages.

See Also

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-8913-1

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 365763

File Name: ubuntu_USN-8913-1.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Published: 10/14/2026

Updated: 10/14/2026

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.9

Percentile: 58.37

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.6

Temporal Score: 5.6

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-88806

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/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:14.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:20.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:22.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:24.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:26.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libx11-6, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libx11-data, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libx11-xcb1

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/12/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/21/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-88806, CVE-2026-94283, CVE-2026-94284, CVE-2026-94285

USN: 8913-1