Unity Linux 20.1050a / 20.1060a / 20.1070a Security Update: libX11 (UTSA-2026-150481)

high Nessus Plugin ID 376597

Synopsis

The Unity Linux host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The Unity Linux 20 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the UTSA-2026-150481 advisory.

A malicious X server could exploit a buffer overflow in libX11 before 1.8.14 during handling of XkbGetMap overflowing the key_sym_map.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Unity 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 affected libX11 package.

See Also

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-88806

https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/xorg/lib/libx11/-/merge_requests/309

http://www.nessus.org/u?c2c76071

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 376597

File Name: unity_linux_UTSA-2026-150481.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Published: 11/5/2026

Updated: 11/5/2026

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.9

Percentile: 58.57

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

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/5/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/21/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-88806