Quick answers
- Is CVE-2026-94281 exploited in the wild?
- No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-2026-94281 being exploited in the wild.
- How severe is CVE-2026-94281?
- Medium severity, with a CVSS score of 6.5, published 24 September 2026.
- Which products and versions are affected?
- X.Org libXi before 1.8.4.
- Is there a fix for CVE-2026-94281?
- No fixed version is recorded yet. Check the vendor's advisory in the references below. If you run it, Junglewise drafts a mitigation that fits your setup and applies it once you approve, with senior security engineers behind it.
- How is CVE-2026-94281 attacked?
- It is attacked over the network, in a software library.
- Am I affected by CVE-2026-94281?
- Check whether you run X.Org libXi at an affected version. Junglewise does that check for you around the clock: connect your code, cloud and domains, and it matches new vulnerabilities like this one against what you actually run and tells you when one reaches you.
Technical details
An out-of-bounds read vulnerability exists in libXi's XListInputDevices() function during class parsing. The ParseClassInfo() function fails to properly validate buffer boundaries when parsing class information structures received from the X server, allowing a malicious server to read memory beyond allocated buffers. The vulnerability requires a network connection to a malicious X server and can be exploited without authentication.
Affected products
- X.Org libXi before 1.8.4
Timeline
- 2026-09-24: disclosed