A use-after-free flaw was found in the X.Org X server and Xwayland in FreeCounter(). A client that sets up multiple SyncCounters and awaits on those triggers can trigger a use-after-free when destroying those counters via a second client connection. This may be used to crash the server, or for privilege escalation if the X server runs as root.

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Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-6370-1 xorg-server security update
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References
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https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:26562 cve-icon
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:26566 cve-icon
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:26590 cve-icon
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:26610 cve-icon
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:26709 cve-icon
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:28923 cve-icon
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:29844 cve-icon
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:36083 cve-icon
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:36085 cve-icon
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:36086 cve-icon
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:36087 cve-icon
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:36632 cve-icon
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:36633 cve-icon
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:36634 cve-icon
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:36768 cve-icon
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:36791 cve-icon
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:36792 cve-icon
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:36798 cve-icon
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:38502 cve-icon
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:38810 cve-icon
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:46377 cve-icon
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:46382 cve-icon
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:46385 cve-icon
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:46392 cve-icon
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:46456 cve-icon
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:46460 cve-icon
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:46473 cve-icon
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-50260 cve-icon cve-icon
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2485385 cve-icon cve-icon
https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/xorg/xserver/-/commit/f5abfb61994471023d8c6470428c8e30c411cc0b cve-icon cve-icon cve-icon
https://lists.x.org/archives/xorg-announce/2026-June/003702.html cve-icon cve-icon cve-icon
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-50260 cve-icon
https://redhat.atlassian.net/browse/PSIRTSUPT-16950 cve-icon cve-icon cve-icon
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-50260 cve-icon
History

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First Time appeared Redhat enterprise Linux Eus
Redhat rhel Tus
CPEs cpe:/a:redhat:rhel_e4s:8.8::appstream
cpe:/a:redhat:rhel_tus:8.8::appstream
cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux_eus:10.0
Vendors & Products Redhat enterprise Linux Eus
Redhat rhel Tus
References

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CPEs cpe:/a:redhat:rhel_aus:8.4::appstream
cpe:/a:redhat:rhel_eus_long_life:8.4::appstream
References

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Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Redhat rhel Aus
Redhat rhel Eus Long Life
CPEs cpe:/a:redhat:rhel_aus:8.6::appstream
cpe:/a:redhat:rhel_eus_long_life:8.6::appstream
Vendors & Products Redhat rhel Aus
Redhat rhel Eus Long Life
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First Time appeared Redhat rhel Els
Redhat rhel Eus
CPEs cpe:/a:redhat:rhel_e4s:9.4::appstream
cpe:/a:redhat:rhel_eus:9.6::appstream
cpe:/a:redhat:rhel_eus:9.6::crb
cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_els:7
Vendors & Products Redhat rhel Els
Redhat rhel Eus
References

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First Time appeared Redhat rhel E4s
CPEs cpe:/a:redhat:rhel_e4s:9.2::appstream
Vendors & Products Redhat rhel E4s
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CPEs cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9
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CPEs cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8
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CPEs cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:10 cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:10.2
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Thu, 18 Jun 2026 04:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
CPEs cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:8::crb
cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:9::appstream
cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:9::crb
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CPEs cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:8::appstream
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First Time appeared X.org x Server
X.org xwayland
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:x.org:x_server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:x.org:xwayland:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products X.org x Server
X.org xwayland

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First Time appeared X.org
X.org xorg-server
Vendors & Products X.org
X.org xorg-server

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Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


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Description A use-after-free flaw was found in the X.Org X server and Xwayland in FreeCounter(). A client that sets up multiple SyncCounters and awaits on those triggers can trigger a use-after-free when destroying those counters via a second client connection. This may be used to crash the server, or for privilege escalation if the X server runs as root.
Title Xorg-x11-server: xorg-x11-server-xwayland: xorg-x11-server: use-after-free in freecounter()
First Time appeared Redhat
Redhat enterprise Linux
Weaknesses CWE-416
CPEs cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:10
cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6
cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7
cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8
cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9
Vendors & Products Redhat
Redhat enterprise Linux
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 7.8, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}


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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published:

Updated: 2026-07-27T12:05:30.547Z

Reserved: 2026-06-04T14:55:24.011Z

Link: CVE-2026-50260

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-07-27T12:05:30.547Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2026-06-05T12:16:39.430

Modified: 2026-06-11T18:36:20.720

Link: CVE-2026-50260

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Important

Publid Date: 2026-06-02T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2026-50260 - Bugzilla

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-06-07T11:17:09Z

Weaknesses