Ubuntu USN · USN-8602-1

libinput vulnerability

Published: Thu, 23 Jul 2026 17:11

CVE-2026-50292

Summary

libinput could be made to run programs as an administrator.

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.

Recommended actions per Ubuntu release

StackPatch playbook auto-generated per release codename and per affected package.

Ubuntu focal

libinput→1.15.5-1ubuntu0.3+esm1apt_upgrade
Standard apt upgrade. Install 1.15.5-1ubuntu0.3+esm1 from the apt repo.
```
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y libinput
```
Most apt upgrades restart their service automatically. needrestart lists anything else.
libinput-bin→1.15.5-1ubuntu0.3+esm1apt_upgrade
Standard apt upgrade. Install 1.15.5-1ubuntu0.3+esm1 from the apt repo.
```
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y libinput-bin
```
Most apt upgrades restart their service automatically. needrestart lists anything else.
libinput-dev→1.15.5-1ubuntu0.3+esm1apt_upgrade
Standard apt upgrade. Install 1.15.5-1ubuntu0.3+esm1 from the apt repo.
```
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y libinput-dev
```
Most apt upgrades restart their service automatically. needrestart lists anything else.
libinput-tools→1.15.5-1ubuntu0.3+esm1apt_upgrade
Standard apt upgrade. Install 1.15.5-1ubuntu0.3+esm1 from the apt repo.
```
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y libinput-tools
```
Most apt upgrades restart their service automatically. needrestart lists anything else.
libinput10→1.15.5-1ubuntu0.3+esm1apt_upgrade
Standard apt upgrade. Install 1.15.5-1ubuntu0.3+esm1 from the apt repo.
```
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y libinput10
```
Most apt upgrades restart their service automatically. needrestart lists anything else.

Ubuntu jammy

libinput→1.20.0-1ubuntu0.4apt_upgrade
Standard apt upgrade. Install 1.20.0-1ubuntu0.4 from the apt repo.
```
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y libinput
```
Most apt upgrades restart their service automatically. needrestart lists anything else.
libinput-bin→1.20.0-1ubuntu0.4apt_upgrade
Standard apt upgrade. Install 1.20.0-1ubuntu0.4 from the apt repo.
```
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y libinput-bin
```
Most apt upgrades restart their service automatically. needrestart lists anything else.
libinput-dev→1.20.0-1ubuntu0.4apt_upgrade
Standard apt upgrade. Install 1.20.0-1ubuntu0.4 from the apt repo.
```
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y libinput-dev
```
Most apt upgrades restart their service automatically. needrestart lists anything else.
libinput-tools→1.20.0-1ubuntu0.4apt_upgrade
Standard apt upgrade. Install 1.20.0-1ubuntu0.4 from the apt repo.
```
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y libinput-tools
```
Most apt upgrades restart their service automatically. needrestart lists anything else.
libinput10→1.20.0-1ubuntu0.4apt_upgrade
Standard apt upgrade. Install 1.20.0-1ubuntu0.4 from the apt repo.
```
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y libinput10
```
Most apt upgrades restart their service automatically. needrestart lists anything else.

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