USN-8602-1: libinput vulnerability

Publication date

23 July 2026

Overview

libinput could be made to run programs as an administrator.


Packages

  • libinput - Input device management and event handling library

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.

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.

Update instructions

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

Learn more about how to get the fixes.

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:

Ubuntu Release Package Version
22.04 LTS jammy libinput-bin –  1.20.0-1ubuntu0.4
libinput-dev –  1.20.0-1ubuntu0.4
libinput10 –  1.20.0-1ubuntu0.4
20.04 LTS focal libinput-bin –  1.15.5-1ubuntu0.3+esm1  
libinput-dev –  1.15.5-1ubuntu0.3+esm1  
libinput10 –  1.15.5-1ubuntu0.3+esm1  

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