CVE-2026-11623 (GCVE-0-2026-11623)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-06-09 03:15 – Updated: 2026-06-09 13:28 X_Open Source
VLAI
Title
tmux image.c image_free use after free
Summary
A security vulnerability has been detected in tmux up to 3.6a. Affected is the function image_free of the file image.c. Such manipulation leads to use after free. Local access is required to approach this attack. This attack is characterized by high complexity. The exploitability is told to be difficult. The exploit has been disclosed publicly and may be used. Upgrading to version 3.7-rc is able to address this issue. The name of the patch is fc6d94a9f8a593bd8b7031650802084385d4ee03. The affected component should be upgraded.
Severity
2 (Low)
CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:H/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P
4.5 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L/E:P/RL:O/RC:C
4.5 (Medium)
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L/E:P/RL:O/RC:C
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator (v2.0.3)
CWE
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
n/a tmux Affected: 3.6a
Unaffected: 3.7-rc
    cpe:2.3:a:tmux:tmux:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Credits
XlabAI (VulDB User)
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