CVE-2026-11623
Description
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.
Predictions
Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
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References
- https://gist.github.com/XlabAITeam/f0d9952595f795129a3258ba73bbc3cb
- https://github.com/tmux/tmux/
- https://github.com/tmux/tmux/commit/fc6d94a9f8a593bd8b7031650802084385d4ee03
- https://github.com/tmux/tmux/releases/tag/3.7-rc
- https://vuldb.com/cve/CVE-2026-11623
- https://vuldb.com/submit/835623
- https://vuldb.com/vuln/369303
- https://vuldb.com/vuln/369303/cti
CWEs
CWE-119 CWE-416
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.