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18 vulnerabilities found for xapi by xen
CVE-2026-42486 (GCVE-0-2026-42486)
Vulnerability from nvd – Published: 2026-07-09 15:16 – Updated: 2026-07-10 03:55
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
Multiple RBAC issues in XAPI
Summary
[This CNA information record relates to multiple CVEs; the text explains which aspects/vulnerabilities correspond to which CVE.]
XAPI can configure different users with different roles, using Role
Based Access Control. For more details, see:
https://docs.xenserver.com/en-us/xencenter/current-release/rbac-overview.html#rbac-roles
The pool-admin role is fully privileged. Notably, users with this role
can also SSH into the host as root.
The other administrator roles are pool-operator, vm-power-admin and
vm-admin, each of which are authorised to configure and manage various
aspects of the system.
Some settings are inadequately restricted, and can be set by a lower
privilege of administrator than expected.
* CVE-2026-23559: A vm-admin can set VBD.other_config:backend-local and
turn arbitrary files in dom0 into VDIs (virtual disks) and give said
disks to a VM they control. This is an arbitrary read and/or modify
of files in dom0.
* CVE-2026-23560: A vm-admin can set VM.other-config:is_system_domain
and mark a VM as a system domain. System domains are ignored and
left running during certain other host/pool operations, and may be
hidden from view in tooling.
* CVE-2026-23561: A vm-admin can set VM.other_config:storage_driver_domain
and mark a VM as the storage domain for a particular host storage
connection (PBD). Shutting down the VM can cause the PBD to be
erroneously marked as unplugged when it is not.
* CVE-2026-23562: Configuration of PCI passthrough is normally
restricted to the pool-admin role. However one API was missing this
check, allowing a vm-admin access to unintended host hardware.
* CVE-2026-42486: A vm-admin can set the VM.platform:hvm_serial
parameter, which should be restricted to the pool-admin role, as it
can allow arbitrary dom0 file write.
Severity
SSVC
Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator (v2.0.3)
CWE
- CWE-250 - Execution with unnecessary privileges
Assigner
References
1 reference
Date Public
2026-04-28 18:05
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CVE-2026-23562 (GCVE-0-2026-23562)
Vulnerability from nvd – Published: 2026-07-09 15:15 – Updated: 2026-07-10 03:55
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
Multiple RBAC issues in XAPI
Summary
[This CNA information record relates to multiple CVEs; the text explains which aspects/vulnerabilities correspond to which CVE.]
XAPI can configure different users with different roles, using Role
Based Access Control. For more details, see:
https://docs.xenserver.com/en-us/xencenter/current-release/rbac-overview.html#rbac-roles
The pool-admin role is fully privileged. Notably, users with this role
can also SSH into the host as root.
The other administrator roles are pool-operator, vm-power-admin and
vm-admin, each of which are authorised to configure and manage various
aspects of the system.
Some settings are inadequately restricted, and can be set by a lower
privilege of administrator than expected.
* CVE-2026-23559: A vm-admin can set VBD.other_config:backend-local and
turn arbitrary files in dom0 into VDIs (virtual disks) and give said
disks to a VM they control. This is an arbitrary read and/or modify
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* CVE-2026-23560: A vm-admin can set VM.other-config:is_system_domain
and mark a VM as a system domain. System domains are ignored and
left running during certain other host/pool operations, and may be
hidden from view in tooling.
* CVE-2026-23561: A vm-admin can set VM.other_config:storage_driver_domain
and mark a VM as the storage domain for a particular host storage
connection (PBD). Shutting down the VM can cause the PBD to be
erroneously marked as unplugged when it is not.
* CVE-2026-23562: Configuration of PCI passthrough is normally
restricted to the pool-admin role. However one API was missing this
check, allowing a vm-admin access to unintended host hardware.
* CVE-2026-42486: A vm-admin can set the VM.platform:hvm_serial
parameter, which should be restricted to the pool-admin role, as it
can allow arbitrary dom0 file write.
Severity
SSVC
Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator (v2.0.3)
CWE
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Assigner
References
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Date Public
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CVE-2026-23561 (GCVE-0-2026-23561)
Vulnerability from nvd – Published: 2026-07-09 15:13 – Updated: 2026-07-10 03:55
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
Multiple RBAC issues in XAPI
Summary
[This CNA information record relates to multiple CVEs; the text explains which aspects/vulnerabilities correspond to which CVE.]
XAPI can configure different users with different roles, using Role
Based Access Control. For more details, see:
https://docs.xenserver.com/en-us/xencenter/current-release/rbac-overview.html#rbac-roles
The pool-admin role is fully privileged. Notably, users with this role
can also SSH into the host as root.
The other administrator roles are pool-operator, vm-power-admin and
vm-admin, each of which are authorised to configure and manage various
aspects of the system.
Some settings are inadequately restricted, and can be set by a lower
privilege of administrator than expected.
* CVE-2026-23559: A vm-admin can set VBD.other_config:backend-local and
turn arbitrary files in dom0 into VDIs (virtual disks) and give said
disks to a VM they control. This is an arbitrary read and/or modify
of files in dom0.
* CVE-2026-23560: A vm-admin can set VM.other-config:is_system_domain
and mark a VM as a system domain. System domains are ignored and
left running during certain other host/pool operations, and may be
hidden from view in tooling.
* CVE-2026-23561: A vm-admin can set VM.other_config:storage_driver_domain
and mark a VM as the storage domain for a particular host storage
connection (PBD). Shutting down the VM can cause the PBD to be
erroneously marked as unplugged when it is not.
* CVE-2026-23562: Configuration of PCI passthrough is normally
restricted to the pool-admin role. However one API was missing this
check, allowing a vm-admin access to unintended host hardware.
* CVE-2026-42486: A vm-admin can set the VM.platform:hvm_serial
parameter, which should be restricted to the pool-admin role, as it
can allow arbitrary dom0 file write.
Severity
SSVC
Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator (v2.0.3)
CWE
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Assigner
References
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Date Public
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CVE-2026-23560 (GCVE-0-2026-23560)
Vulnerability from nvd – Published: 2026-07-09 15:12 – Updated: 2026-07-09 16:08
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
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check, allowing a vm-admin access to unintended host hardware.
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SSVC
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CWE
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CVE-2026-23559 (GCVE-0-2026-23559)
Vulnerability from nvd – Published: 2026-07-09 15:09 – Updated: 2026-07-09 16:02
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
Multiple RBAC issues in XAPI
Summary
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* CVE-2026-23559: A vm-admin can set VBD.other_config:backend-local and
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CISA Coordinator (v2.0.3)
CWE
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Assigner
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CVE-2025-58146 (GCVE-0-2025-58146)
Vulnerability from nvd – Published: 2026-07-09 14:42 – Updated: 2026-07-09 16:07
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
XAPI UTF-8 string handling
Summary
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generating the notification using the unsanitised input. This
causes the database's event thread to terminate and cease further
processing.
2. XAPI's UTF-8 encoder implements v3.0 of the Unicode spec, but XAPI
uses libraries which conform to the stricter v3.1 of the Unicode
spec. This causes some strings to be accepted as valid UTF-8 by
XAPI, but rejected by other libraries in use. Notably, such strings
can be entered into the database, after which the database can no
longer be loaded.
3. There is no input sanitisation for Map/Set updates on objects in the
XAPI database.
Severity
SSVC
Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator (v2.0.3)
CWE
- CWE-20 - Improper input validation
Assigner
References
Date Public
2025-09-09 12:00
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CVE-2024-31144 (GCVE-0-2024-31144)
Vulnerability from nvd – Published: 2025-02-14 20:16 – Updated: 2025-04-26 20:03
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
Xapi: Metadata injection attack against backup/restore functionality
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occurs in cases where the host has no information about the SR, and must
locate the metadata VDI in order to retrieve the metadata.
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present. The first matching VDI is deemed to be the metadata VDI, and
is restored from.
In the general case, the content of VDIs are controlled by the VM owner,
and should not be trusted by the host administrator.
A malicious guest can manipulate its disk to appear to be a metadata
backup.
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has a 50% chance of sorting ahead of the legitimate metadata backup. A
guest with two disks has a 75% chance, etc.
Severity
SSVC
Exploitation: none
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Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator (v2.0.3)
Assigner
References
Impacted products
1 product
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Unknown:
consult Xen advisory XSA-459
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Date Public
2024-07-16 11:00
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CVE-2022-33749 (GCVE-0-2022-33749)
Vulnerability from nvd – Published: 2022-10-11 00:00 – Updated: 2024-08-03 08:09
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Summary
XAPI open file limit DoS It is possible for an unauthenticated client on the network to cause XAPI to hit its file-descriptor limit. This causes XAPI to be unable to accept new requests for other (trusted) clients, and blocks XAPI from carrying out any tasks that require the opening of file descriptors.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
- unknown
Assigner
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CVE-2020-29487 (GCVE-0-2020-29487)
Vulnerability from nvd – Published: 2020-12-15 17:30 – Updated: 2024-08-04 16:55
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Summary
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Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
- n/a
Assigner
References
2 references
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CVE-2026-42486 (GCVE-0-2026-42486)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-07-09 15:16 – Updated: 2026-07-10 03:55
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
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* CVE-2026-42486: A vm-admin can set the VM.platform:hvm_serial
parameter, which should be restricted to the pool-admin role, as it
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SSVC
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CWE
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CVE-2026-23562 (GCVE-0-2026-23562)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-07-09 15:15 – Updated: 2026-07-10 03:55
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
Multiple RBAC issues in XAPI
Summary
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* CVE-2026-23559: A vm-admin can set VBD.other_config:backend-local and
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SSVC
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CISA Coordinator (v2.0.3)
CWE
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Assigner
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CVE-2026-23561 (GCVE-0-2026-23561)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-07-09 15:13 – Updated: 2026-07-10 03:55
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
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vm-admin, each of which are authorised to configure and manage various
aspects of the system.
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privilege of administrator than expected.
* CVE-2026-23559: A vm-admin can set VBD.other_config:backend-local and
turn arbitrary files in dom0 into VDIs (virtual disks) and give said
disks to a VM they control. This is an arbitrary read and/or modify
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* CVE-2026-23560: A vm-admin can set VM.other-config:is_system_domain
and mark a VM as a system domain. System domains are ignored and
left running during certain other host/pool operations, and may be
hidden from view in tooling.
* CVE-2026-23561: A vm-admin can set VM.other_config:storage_driver_domain
and mark a VM as the storage domain for a particular host storage
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erroneously marked as unplugged when it is not.
* CVE-2026-23562: Configuration of PCI passthrough is normally
restricted to the pool-admin role. However one API was missing this
check, allowing a vm-admin access to unintended host hardware.
* CVE-2026-42486: A vm-admin can set the VM.platform:hvm_serial
parameter, which should be restricted to the pool-admin role, as it
can allow arbitrary dom0 file write.
Severity
SSVC
Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator (v2.0.3)
CWE
- CWE-250 - Execution with unnecessary privileges
Assigner
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1 reference
Date Public
2026-04-28 18:05
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CVE-2026-23560 (GCVE-0-2026-23560)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-07-09 15:12 – Updated: 2026-07-09 16:08
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
Multiple RBAC issues in XAPI
Summary
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* CVE-2026-23559: A vm-admin can set VBD.other_config:backend-local and
turn arbitrary files in dom0 into VDIs (virtual disks) and give said
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* CVE-2026-23560: A vm-admin can set VM.other-config:is_system_domain
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* CVE-2026-42486: A vm-admin can set the VM.platform:hvm_serial
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Severity
SSVC
Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator (v2.0.3)
CWE
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Assigner
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CVE-2026-23559 (GCVE-0-2026-23559)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-07-09 15:09 – Updated: 2026-07-09 16:02
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
Multiple RBAC issues in XAPI
Summary
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aspects of the system.
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* CVE-2026-23559: A vm-admin can set VBD.other_config:backend-local and
turn arbitrary files in dom0 into VDIs (virtual disks) and give said
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* CVE-2026-23560: A vm-admin can set VM.other-config:is_system_domain
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CVE-2025-58146 (GCVE-0-2025-58146)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-07-09 14:42 – Updated: 2026-07-09 16:07
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
XAPI UTF-8 string handling
Summary
There are multiple issues.
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generating the notification using the unsanitised input. This
causes the database's event thread to terminate and cease further
processing.
2. XAPI's UTF-8 encoder implements v3.0 of the Unicode spec, but XAPI
uses libraries which conform to the stricter v3.1 of the Unicode
spec. This causes some strings to be accepted as valid UTF-8 by
XAPI, but rejected by other libraries in use. Notably, such strings
can be entered into the database, after which the database can no
longer be loaded.
3. There is no input sanitisation for Map/Set updates on objects in the
XAPI database.
Severity
SSVC
Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator (v2.0.3)
CWE
- CWE-20 - Improper input validation
Assigner
References
Date Public
2025-09-09 12:00
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CVE-2024-31144 (GCVE-0-2024-31144)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-02-14 20:16 – Updated: 2025-04-26 20:03
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
Xapi: Metadata injection attack against backup/restore functionality
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SR. This is used for two purposes; a general backup of metadata
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occurs in cases where the host has no information about the SR, and must
locate the metadata VDI in order to retrieve the metadata.
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present. The first matching VDI is deemed to be the metadata VDI, and
is restored from.
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and should not be trusted by the host administrator.
A malicious guest can manipulate its disk to appear to be a metadata
backup.
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has a 50% chance of sorting ahead of the legitimate metadata backup. A
guest with two disks has a 75% chance, etc.
Severity
SSVC
Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator (v2.0.3)
Assigner
References
Impacted products
1 product
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Unknown:
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2024-07-16 11:00
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CVE-2022-33749 (GCVE-0-2022-33749)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2022-10-11 00:00 – Updated: 2024-08-03 08:09
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Summary
XAPI open file limit DoS It is possible for an unauthenticated client on the network to cause XAPI to hit its file-descriptor limit. This causes XAPI to be unable to accept new requests for other (trusted) clients, and blocks XAPI from carrying out any tasks that require the opening of file descriptors.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
- unknown
Assigner
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CVE-2020-29487 (GCVE-0-2020-29487)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2020-12-15 17:30 – Updated: 2024-08-04 16:55
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Summary
An issue was discovered in Xen XAPI before 2020-12-15. Certain xenstore keys provide feedback from the guest, and are therefore watched by toolstack. Specifically, keys are watched by xenopsd, and data are forwarded via RPC through message-switch to xapi. The watching logic in xenopsd sends one RPC update containing all data, any time any single xenstore key is updated, and therefore has O(N^2) time complexity. Furthermore, message-switch retains recent (currently 128) RPC messages for diagnostic purposes, yielding O(M*N) space complexity. The quantity of memory a single guest can monopolise is bounded by xenstored quota, but the quota is fairly large. It is believed to be in excess of 1G per malicious guest. In practice, this manifests as a host denial of service, either through message-switch thrashing against swap, or OOMing entirely, depending on dom0's configuration. (There are no quotas in xenopsd to limit the quantity of keys that result in RPC traffic.) A buggy or malicious guest can cause unreasonable memory usage in dom0, resulting in a host denial of service. All versions of XAPI are vulnerable. Systems that are not using the XAPI toolstack are not vulnerable.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
- n/a
Assigner
References
2 references
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| https://xenbits.xenproject.org/xsa/advisory-354.html | x_refsource_MISC |
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