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Debian libinput Important Local Privilege Escalation Vuln DSA-6339-1

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Calendar Grey June 11, 2026
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Addressing local privilege escalation in libinput discovered in Debian. Critical updates available for affected distributions.
It was discovered that a udev helper provided by libinput, a input device management and event handling library, performed insufficient sanitising of device properties, which can r...
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Topics Covered

security advisory local privilege escalation debian important libinput bookworm

Summary

For the oldstable distribution (bookworm), this problem has been fixed
in version 1.22.1-1+deb12u1.

For the stable distribution (trixie), this problem has been fixed in
version 1.28.1-1+deb13u1.

We recommend that you upgrade your libinput packages.

For the detailed security status of libinput please refer to its
security tracker page at:
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/libinput

Further information about Debian Security Advisories, how to apply
these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be
found at: https://www.debian.org/security/



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Package: libinput
CVE ID: CVE-2026-50292

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Topics Covered

security advisory local privilege escalation debian important libinput bookworm

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