Medium severity · published Apr 1, 2026
CVE-2026-35094
Libinput: libinput: information disclosure via dangling pointer in lua plugin handling
5.5
CVSS
0.1%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
A flaw was found in libinput. An attacker capable of deploying a Lua plugin file in specific system directories can exploit a dangling pointer vulnerability. This occurs when a garbage collection cleanup function is called, leaving a pointer that can then be printed to system logs. This could potentially expose sensitive data if the memory location is re-used, leading to information disclosure. For this exploit to work, Lua plugins must be enabled in libinput and loaded by the compositor.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
None
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.1% · higher than 3% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
RH
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 · Red Hat
All versions, or not specified · source: vendor
RH
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 · Red Hat
All versions, or not specified · source: vendor
RH
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 · Red Hat
All versions, or not specified · source: vendor
RH
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 · Red Hat
All versions, or not specified · source: vendor
FE
Fedora · Fedoraproject
43; 44 · source: NVD
LI
Libinput · Freedesktop
All versions, or not specified · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-35094
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-35094
Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-35094
Issue Tracking
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2453840
Broken Link
https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/libinput/libinput/-/work_items/1272
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