Improper access control in Xen - CVE-2025-10263
Published: June 9, 2026 / Updated: July 25, 2026
Vulnerability identifier: #VU134009
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2025-10263
CWE-ID: CWE-284
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Xen Project
Affected software:
Xen
Xen
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a local user to escalate privileges.
The vulnerability exists due to improper access control in Stage 2 translation handling when invalidating translation lookaside buffer entries on affected Arm systems. A local user can trigger writes from a malicious guest after write permissions have been revoked to escalate privileges.
Only Xen on Arm in multi-core configurations is affected. The issue does not affect reads.
How to mitigate CVE-2025-10263
Install security update from vendor's website.