Out-of-Bounds Read in Xen (CVE-2025-58148)
Summary
Vulnerability in Xen (CVE-2025-58148). Confidential information can be exposed externally.
Original description
The description as published by the source.
[This CNA information record relates to multiple CVEs; the
text explains which aspects/vulnerabilities correspond to which CVE.]
Some Viridian hypercalls can specify a mask of vCPU IDs as an input, in
one of three formats. Xen has boundary checking bugs with all three
formats, which can cause out-of-bounds reads and writes while processing
the inputs.
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CVE-2025-58147. Hypercalls using the HV_VP_SET Sparse format can
cause vpmask_set() to write out of bounds when converting the bitmap
to Xen's format. -
CVE-2025-58148. Hypercalls using any input format can cause
send_ipi() to read d->vcpu[] out-of-bounds, and operate on a wild
vCPU pointer.
Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database NVD
Auto-generated summary
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A vulnerability tracked as CVE-2025-58148 has been found in Xen.
Confidential information can be exposed externally. CVSS score: 7.5/10.
What to do: apply the vendor's official patched release.
If unsure, ask your IT team or search "Xen CVE-2025-58148" on the vendor's site.
CVE-2025-58148 (Xen) — CWE-125 / CVSS v3 7.5
Attack vector: remote (network-reachable) / unauthenticated / no user interaction
Plan: 1) Audit SBOM/dependencies, 2) Stage→prod upgrade, 3) Add WAF/proxy monitoring on affected endpoints, 4) Hunt IOCs in logs.
Refs: see the GHSA / vendor advisory / patched release linked on this page.
Out-of-bounds read (CWE-125) exists in Xen.
Check the vendor advisory for the affected versions of Xen.
Severity: High (CVSS 7.5/10). Confidential information can be exposed externally.
Update to the patched release per vendor advisory.
Until the patch is applied: disable the affected feature, apply WAF rules, or restrict access via network ACLs.
Search webserver/proxy logs for unusual request patterns matching this CVE's known IOCs. Run grep -r 'Xen' . against your dependency files (package-lock.json, requirements.txt, go.sum) to find affected services.
Response actions
Concrete steps and command examples for SOC/SRE teams to execute in order
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1Identify exposure identify
grep -r 'Xen' . | grep -v node_modulesリポジトリと本番環境の依存ファイル (package-lock.json / requirements.txt / go.sum / Gemfile.lock 等) で
Xenを grep し、稼働しているサービス・バージョンを把握する。 -
2Post-deployment verification verify
Confirm patched version is live in productionパッチ適用後、ステージングで PoC または同等の悪用パターンを再現して脆弱性が閉じたことを確認。本番ではアクセスログ・WAF でアラート再発が無いか継続監視。
Fix status by distribution
Fixed packages published by each distribution for this CVE
- Alpine Linux ALPINE-CVE-2025-58148 xen Fixed in: 4.18.5-r3
- Debian DEBIAN-CVE-2025-58148 xen
- Ubuntu UBUNTU-CVE-2025-58148 xen
References
- patch security@xen.org
- patch openwall.com
- patch xenbits.xen.org