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Xen Hypervisor CVE-2026-42487 XSA-491

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Jun 09, 2026 - 16:01 vuln.today

DescriptionCVE.org

Alpine Linux: xen fixed in 4.21.1-r6

AnalysisAI

Xen hypervisor on Alpine Linux is affected by a security vulnerability tracked as XSA-491 (Xen Security Advisory 491). The Alpine Linux vendor has issued a patched package at version 4.21.1-r6 to address this issue. …

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Hypothetical attack flow derived from CVE metadata

Access
Access Xen guest environment
Exploit
Trigger XSA-491 vulnerability
Impact
Achieve impact on hypervisor or co-tenant guests

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Exploitation Exploitation conditions cannot be determined from the available data. … Additional conditions and limiting factors are described in the full assessment.
Risk Assessment Risk cannot be meaningfully quantified from the supplied data. … Full risk analysis with EPSS, KEV, and SSVC signal comparison available after sign-in.
Exploit Scenario Without a CVSS vector or vulnerability description, a realistic attack scenario cannot be constructed from the available data. Depending on the actual nature of XSA-491, a plausible scenario class for a Xen XSA would involve a malicious or compromised guest virtual machine leveraging the vulnerability to affect the hypervisor or other guests - but this is speculative inference from the XSA context, not a claim grounded in the supplied intelligence data.
Remediation Alpine Linux users should upgrade the 'xen' package to version 4.21.1-r6 or later using the standard package manager command 'apk upgrade xen'. … Detailed patch versions, workarounds, and compensating controls in full report.

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