Xenstore, to have an up-to-date picture of the entire system, wants to know of domains appearing...
Summary
Vulnerability reported (CVE-2026-42492). Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure.
Original description
The description as published by the source.
Xenstore, to have an up-to-date picture of the entire system, wants to
know of domains appearing and disappearing. To make this more robust, a
new XEN_DOMCTL_get_domain_state was introduced. The management of the
bitmap underlying that operation is tied into the binding of the
VIRQ_DOM_EXC virtual IRQ. Unfortunately an error path there would tear
down the bitmap even in cases when it wasn't set up. Unprivileged domains
can trigger that error path.
Source: GitHub Security Advisories (Global) NVD GitHub Advisory
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A vulnerability tracked as CVE-2026-42492 has been found.
Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure. CVSS score: 7.5/10.
What to do: apply the vendor's official patched release.
If unsure, ask your IT team or search "CVE-2026-42492" on the vendor's site.
CVE-2026-42492 — CWE-459 / 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.
A vulnerability (CWE-459) has been reported.
Check the vendor advisory for the affected versions.
Severity: High (CVSS 7.5/10). Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure.
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. Audit SBOM/dependencies 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
Audit SBOM/dependencies for affected components.資産台帳・SBOM・依存マニフェストで影響コンポーネントを特定する。
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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-2026-42492 xen Fixed in: 4.21.2-r0
- Debian DEBIAN-CVE-2026-42492 xen
- Ubuntu UBUNTU-CVE-2026-42492 xen
References
- web nvd.nist.gov
- web xenbits.xenproject.org
- web xenbits.xen.org
- web github.com
- web openwall.com