Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls in Xen - CVE-2025-58149
Published: October 24, 2025
Vulnerability identifier: #VU117653
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2025-58149
CWE-ID: CWE-264
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Xen Project
Affected software:
Xen
Xen
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a malicious guest to access sensitive information.
The vulnerability exists due to PCI detach logic in libxl that does not remove access permissions to any 64bit memory BARs the device might have. A malicious guest can access any 64bit memory BAR when such device is no longer assigned to the domain.
How to mitigate CVE-2025-58149
Install updates from vendor's website.