MOKSHA-2026-0027

Vulnerability from moksha – Published: 2026-04-24 06:00 – Updated:
VLAI
Title
Gateway/DNS Routing Hijack via PIF.other_config defaultroute/peerdns
Summary
A pool-operator in XAPI-based hypervisors (XenServer, XCP-ng) can hijack host-level network routing and DNS resolution by setting defaultroute=true and peerdns=true on an attacker-chosen PIF via PIF.other_config. All host outbound traffic routes through the selected PIF gateway, and all DNS queries resolve through the selected PIF DNS server. This enables man-in-the-middle attacks on management and storage traffic and DNS poisoning at the host level. PIF.other_config has the highest merge precedence in the other_config merge chain.
Severity
7.2 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N
7.0 (High)
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:L/SC:N/SI:L/SA:N
CWE
  • CWE-862 - Missing Authorization
  • CWE-20 - Improper Input Validation
References
Impacted products
Credits
Jakob Wolffhechel, Moksha
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