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CVE-2026-42489 json

domctl lock open to abuse

published 4mo ago modified 4mo ago also EUVD-2026-37889

cvss
5.3
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.1%
EPSS 0.1% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 0%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

[This CNA information record relates to multiple CVEs; the text explains which aspects/vulnerabilities correspond to which CVE.]

To create and manage guests, domctl operations are used by the control domain, a possible Xenstore domain, or by a domain controlling a particular guest. Some of these operations may not be executed in parallel, so a system-wide lock is used. The way that lock is acquired is, however, not providing any fairness. This is CVE-2026-42489.

Furthermore, with XSM/Flask in use, the lock acquire will, for some operations, occur ahead of any permission checking. This is CVE-2026-42490.

Patch / fix

  • xen Debian 12 4.17.7-0+deb12u1
  • xen Debian 13 4.20.3+127-gc42374a105-0+deb13u1
  • xen Debian 14 4.20.3+127-gc42374a105-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2026-42489

  • xen SLES for SAP 15 SP4, SLES 15 SP4-LTSS, SLE Micro 5.4 +3 more 4.16.7_10-150400.4.86.2
  • xen SLE Module for Server Applications 15 SP7, SLE Module for Basesystem 15 SP7 4.20.3_06-150700.3.41.1
  • xen SLES for SAP 15 SP5, SLES 15 SP5-LTSS, SLE Micro 5.5 +2 more 4.17.6_12-150500.3.73.1
  • xen SLES LTSS Extended Security 12 SP5, SLES 12 SP5-LTSS 4.12.4_70-3.145.1
  • xen SLES for SAP 15 SP6, SLES 15 SP6-LTSS 4.18.5_18-150600.3.50.1

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2026:2668-1SUSE-SU-2026:2613-1SUSE-SU-2026:2364-1SUSE-SU-2026:2329-1SUSE-SU-2026:2328-1

  • xen Alpine 3.20 4.18.5-r9
  • xen Alpine 3.21 4.19.5-r4
  • xen Alpine 3.23, Alpine 3.22 4.20.3-r4
  • xen Alpine 3.24 4.21.1-r6

alpine advisories ALPINE-CVE-2026-42489

Alpine secdb © Alpine Linux, from https://secdb.alpinelinux.org via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

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Vendor advisories

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red hat product security vex CVE-2026-42489 updated cvss 5.3

xen: domctl lock open to abuse

  • Red Hat All currently supported Red Hat products
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

CISA SSVC

Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
partial
Assessed
4mo ago

Exploit prediction

0.08% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 0% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CISA ADP 3.1 5.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H
CNA 3.1 5.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H

Affected products

  • Xen Xen

Classification

Weakness

References

Sources

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