usn-8602-1
Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu
Published
2026-07-23 17:11
Modified
2026-07-23 17:11
Summary
libinput vulnerability
Details

It was discovered that libinput did not properly escape device properties. A local attacker could possibly use this issue to inject arbitrary udev properties and execute arbitrary code as root.

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  "id": "USN-8602-1",
  "modified": "2026-07-23T17:11:39Z",
  "published": "2026-07-23T17:11:39Z",
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