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libxtst — security advisory

Type: advisorySources: OSVAdvisory ID: ALPINE-CVE-2026-94286

An out-of-bounds read in libXtst's RECORD reply parser in libXtst before 1.2.6 could be used by malicious X servers to crash attached X clients.

Products
libxtst
Affected versions
Not specified
Fixed versions
1.2.6-r0
CVEs
CVE-2026-94286
Confirmed fixed CVEs
Not specified
Updated in this feed
31 Oct 2026, 06:40 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

ALPINE-CVE-2026-94286

core-osv · Original source

Published 28 Sept 2026, 09:17 UTC

An out-of-bounds read in libXtst's RECORD reply parser in libXtst before 1.2.6 could be used by malicious X servers to crash attached X clients.

osv:ALPINE-CVE-2026-94286

libxtst

Fixed versions: 1.2.6-r0

Complete source record
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  "id": "3fd3f8b28191a85152ef833b4c618c4361bad158e03d1a34079a39e308df35e1",
  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/ALPINE-CVE-2026-94286",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "ALPINE-CVE-2026-94286",
    "summary": "An out-of-bounds read in libXtst's RECORD reply parser in libXtst before 1.2.6 could be used by malicious X servers to crash attached X clients.",
    "evidence": "osv:ALPINE-CVE-2026-94286",
    "products": [
      {
        "name": {
          "value": "libxtst",
          "evidence": "/affected/0/package/name"
        },
        "prerequisites": [],
        "fixed_versions": [
          {
            "value": "1.2.6-r0",
            "evidence": "/affected/0/ranges"
          }
        ],
        "affected_versions": []
      }
    ],
    "severity": "high",
    "structured": {
      "id": "ALPINE-CVE-2026-94286",
      "aliases": [
        "ALPINE-CVE-2026-94286"
      ],
      "metrics": [
        {
          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:H"
        }
      ],
      "affected": [
        {
          "ranges": [
            {
              "type": "ECOSYSTEM",
              "events": [
                {
                  "introduced": "0"
                },
                {
                  "fixed": "1.2.6-r0"
                }
              ]
            }
          ],
          "package": {
            "name": "libxtst",
            "purl": "pkg:apk/alpine/libxtst?arch=source",
            "ecosystem": "Alpine:v3.24"
          },
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/alpine/ALPINE-CVE-2026-94286.json"
          },
          "ecosystem_specific": {}
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-18T10:30:03.287087581Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "upstream": [
        "CVE-2026-94286"
      ],
      "references": [
        "https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2026-94286"
      ]
    },
    "related_cves": [
      {
        "value": "CVE-2026-94286",
        "evidence": "/upstream"
      }
    ],
    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 370020,
  "published_at": "2026-09-28T09:17:08.463+00:00"
}