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    CVE-2026-79607

    During Xenstore live update the state record for a Xenstore watch with specified watch depth is written with two bytes missing. This results in an inconsistent state when reading the state back in the new Xenstore, causing a crash of Xenstore or wrong Xenstore data.

    Published:Oct 13, 2026
    Last Modified:Oct 16, 2026
    EPS:Oct 13, 2026
    EPSS Score:0.00169
    CVSS Score:5.5

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Xen
    Product
    Xen

    Exploits

    No exploit reference

    Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

    CAPEC-10 Buffer Overflow via Environment Variables
    CAPEC-100 Overflow Buffers
    CAPEC-123 Buffer Manipulation
    CAPEC-125 Flooding
    CAPEC-130 Excessive Allocation
    CAPEC-14 Client-side Injection-induced Buffer Overflow
    CAPEC-147 XML Ping of the Death
    CAPEC-197 Exponential Data Expansion
    CAPEC-229 Serialized Data Parameter Blowup
    CAPEC-230 Serialized Data with Nested Payloads
    CAPEC-231 Oversized Serialized Data Payloads
    CAPEC-24 Filter Failure through Buffer Overflow
    CAPEC-42 MIME Conversion
    CAPEC-44 Overflow Binary Resource File
    CAPEC-45 Buffer Overflow via Symbolic Links
    CAPEC-46 Overflow Variables and Tags
    CAPEC-469 HTTP DoS
    CAPEC-47 Buffer Overflow via Parameter Expansion
    CAPEC-482 TCP Flood
    CAPEC-486 UDP Flood
    CAPEC-487 ICMP Flood
    CAPEC-488 HTTP Flood
    CAPEC-489 SSL Flood
    CAPEC-490 Amplification
    CAPEC-491 Quadratic Data Expansion
    CAPEC-493 SOAP Array Blowup
    CAPEC-494 TCP Fragmentation
    CAPEC-495 UDP Fragmentation
    CAPEC-496 ICMP Fragmentation
    CAPEC-528 XML Flood
    CAPEC-540 Overread Buffers
    CAPEC-8 Buffer Overflow in an API Call
    CAPEC-9 Buffer Overflow in Local Command-Line Utilities

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    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
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    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
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    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High