CVE-2026-62434

PoD: Don't try to reclaim special pages

MEDIUM

5.3

CVSS Score

Published: July 28, 2026 at 12:33 PM UTC

Updated: July 28, 2026 at 05:35 PM UTC

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Severity

MEDIUM5.3

Exploit prediction

EPSS 0.4%

SSVC

No known exploit

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.

Affected

We have no canonical product record for this CVE. The source names may not have matched any product.

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet, and no fixed version or vendor advisory is recorded against it.

References (3)

Source: cverecord

https://xenbits.xenproject.org/xsa/advisory-507.html

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

http://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-507.html

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/07/28/23

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCNo known exploitAutomatablePartial impact

SSVC signals action urgency (what to patch first), separate from CVSS which measures severity.

CVSS

5.3MEDIUMCISA-ADP

Attack Vector: NETWORK
Complexity: LOW
Privileges: NONE
User Interaction: NONE
Scope: UNCHANGED
Confidentiality: NONE
Integrity: NONE
Availability: LOW

Vector?

Quick Info

StatusDEFERRED

CWE

CWE-787

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