RHEL 8 : libXi (RHSA-2026:93438)

high Nessus Plugin ID 375314

Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates for libXi.

Description

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2026:93438 advisory.

X.Org X11 libXi runtime library

Security Fix(es):

* libXi: libXi: Arbitrary code execution via oversized DEVICE_ENABLE reply (CVE-2026-109090)

* libXi: libXi: Arbitrary code execution via DEVICE_RESOLUTION heap-based buffer overflow (CVE-2026-109089)

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 these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the RHEL libXi package based on the guidance in RHSA-2026:93438.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 375314

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2026-93438.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks

Published: 11/2/2026

Updated: 11/2/2026

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: 58.61

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Important

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-2026-109090

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:redhat:enterprise_linux:8, cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_eus:8.10, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libxi-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libxi

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: 11/2/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/17/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-109089, CVE-2026-109090

CWE: 787

RHSA: 2026:93438

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