CVE-2026-62434

PoD: Don't try to reclaim special pages

Published Jul 28, 2026 CVSS 3.1 · 5.3 Medium EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
A guest started with Populated on Demand enabled (PoD) can attempt to
reclaim pages which aren't regular guest RAM. This can cause corruption
of memory management state in Xen.

Remediation

Vendor Workaround

Running only PV guests or HVM/PVH guests without PoD will avoid the vulnerability.

Tracking

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Advisories

Source ID Title
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-4818-1 xen security update
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-6424-1 xen security update
History
Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Xen
Xen xen
Vendors & Products Xen
Xen xen
Type Values Removed Values Added
Description A guest started with Populated on Demand enabled (PoD) can attempt to reclaim pages which aren't regular guest RAM. This can cause corruption of memory management state in Xen.
Title PoD: Don't try to reclaim special pages
Weaknesses CWE-787
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 5.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L'}

ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

Weaknesses

Sources

Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
XEN
Published
Updated
Jul 28, 2026, 4:33 PM
Reserved
Jul 14, 2026, 10:28 AM
Status
Deferred
Published
Jul 28, 2026, 1:19 PM
Modified
Jul 28, 2026, 5:16 PM