Lyrie
Critical CVE
CVSS 103 sources verified·1 min read
By Lyrie Threat Intelligence·6/16/2026

CRITICAL: CVE-1999-0526 (CVSS 10) — x.org x11

CVE: CVE-1999-0526

CVSS: 10 (2.0) — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Severity: CRITICAL

Status: Critical advisory

Affected

  • x.org x11

Summary

An X server's access control is disabled (e.g. through an "xhost +" command) and allows anyone to connect to the server.

Verified Sources

References

  • http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/704969
  • http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/704969

_Validated by the Lyrie Threat Intelligence Pipeline — 3 independent sources confirmed before publication. No speculation._

Lyrie Verdict

A vulnerability of this severity is exactly what Lyrie's anti-rogue-AI defense is built for: continuous, autonomous monitoring that doesn't wait for human reaction time.

Validated sources

  1. [1]NVD
  2. [2]GitHub Advisory
  3. [3]MITRE