RHSA-2026:20561 - Security Advisory

Topic

An update for xorg-x11-server-Xwayland is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.6 Extended Update Support.

Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Important. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE link(s) in the References section.

Description

Xwayland is an X server for running X clients under Wayland.

Security Fix(es):

• xorg: xwayland: X.Org X server: Denial of Service via integer underflow in XKB compatibility map handling (CVE-2026-33999)
• xwayland: xorg: X.Org X server: Information disclosure and denial of service via out-of-bounds read in XKB geometry processing. (CVE-2026-34000)
• xorg: xwayland: X.Org X server: Use-after-free vulnerability leads to server crash and potential memory corruption (CVE-2026-34001)
• xorg: xwayland: X.Org X server: Information disclosure or Denial of Service via out-of-bounds read in XKB modifier map handling (CVE-2026-34002)
• xorg: xwayland: X.Org X server: Information exposure and denial of service via out-of-bounds memory access (CVE-2026-34003)

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.

Solution

For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to:

https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258

Affected Products

• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 9.6 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS 9.6 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support 9.6 s390x
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian - Extended Update Support 9.6 ppc64le
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64 - Extended Update Support 9.6 aarch64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server for Power LE - Update Services for SAP Solutions 9.6 ppc64le
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Update Services for SAP Solutions 9.6 x86_64
• Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 9.6 x86_64
• Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder for Power, little endian - Extended Update Support 9.6 ppc64le
• Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support 9.6 s390x
• Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder for ARM 64 - Extended Update Support 9.6 aarch64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64 - 4 years of updates 9.6 aarch64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - 4 years of updates 9.6 s390x
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Life Cycle 9.6 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64 - Extended Life Cycle 9.6 aarch64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian - Extended Life Cycle 9.6 ppc64le
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Life Cycle 9.6 s390x

Fixes

• BZ - 2451106 - CVE-2026-33999 xorg: xwayland: X.Org X server: Denial of Service via integer underflow in XKB compatibility map handling
• BZ - 2451107 - CVE-2026-34000 xwayland: xorg: X.Org X server: Information disclosure and denial of service via out-of-bounds read in XKB geometry processing.
• BZ - 2451109 - CVE-2026-34001 xorg: xwayland: X.Org X server: Use-after-free vulnerability leads to server crash and potential memory corruption
• BZ - 2451112 - CVE-2026-34002 xorg: xwayland: X.Org X server: Information disclosure or Denial of Service via out-of-bounds read in XKB modifier map handling
• BZ - 2451113 - CVE-2026-34003 xorg: xwayland: X.Org X server: Information exposure and denial of service via out-of-bounds memory access

CVEs

• CVE-2026-33999
• CVE-2026-34000
• CVE-2026-34001
• CVE-2026-34002
• CVE-2026-34003

References

• https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important