Xen Hypervisor CVE-2025-58151 XSA-478

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N/A vendor:alpine

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Analysis Generated

May 27, 2026 - 23:03 vuln.today

DescriptionCVE.org

Alpine Linux: xen fixed in 0

AnalysisAI

Xen hypervisor on Alpine Linux is affected by a vulnerability tracked as XSA-478 (CVE-2025-58151). The specific technical nature, impact class, and exploitability details are not available from the provided data - the description contains only a terse package-fix notation with no vulnerability narrative. Alpine Linux vendor intelligence confirms a fix has been issued, but the underlying flaw type, affected scope, and attacker capabilities cannot be characterized without the full XSA-478 advisory.

Technical ContextAI

Xen is a type-1 bare-metal hypervisor used extensively in cloud infrastructure, VDI environments, and embedded systems. XSA (Xen Security Advisory) 478 is an official security bulletin from the Xen Project security team. No CWE root cause class is provided in the available data, and no CPE strings are present to identify exact affected component versions. The 'fixed in 0' notation in the source data appears to be a data pipeline artifact rather than a meaningful version identifier, as '0' is not a valid Xen package version on Alpine Linux.

Affected ProductsAI

Affected products are not determinable from the provided data. The source indicates Alpine Linux's Xen package is affected, but no specific Xen version range, Alpine Linux version branch (e.g., Alpine 3.19, 3.20, edge), or CPE string is available. The fix version recorded as '0' appears to be a data artifact. Administrators should consult the Alpine Linux security advisory database and the official Xen Project XSA-478 bulletin at xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-478.html for authoritative affected version ranges.

RemediationAI

The primary remediation is to apply the Xen package update issued by Alpine Linux for XSA-478. Because the exact patched package version is not confirmed in the available data ('fixed in 0' is likely a data pipeline artifact), administrators should run the standard Alpine package update command to pull the latest patched Xen packages and verify the installed version against the Alpine Linux security tracker. Consult the Alpine Linux security advisories and the Xen Project's XSA-478 advisory directly for the confirmed fixed version number. If immediate patching is not feasible and the vulnerability class is determined (via the full XSA advisory) to involve guest-to-host escape or privilege escalation, consider restricting untrusted guest workloads as a compensating control until patching can occur.