CVE-2026-79608

xen: The workaround for XSA-433 (Zenbleed, CVE-2023-20593) was later re-worked to better integrate with other manipulation...

CVE-2026-79608 is fixed in xen on 1 platform, first by DEBIAN-CVE-2026-79608, released October 19, 2026. It is not reported as exploited. Patch Radar priority: Urgent.

Urgent
CVSS
9.8
critical
Exploitation
None reported
No vendor assessment
CISA KEV
Not listed
Not in the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog
EPSS
0.0034
27th percentile

The workaround for XSA-433 (Zenbleed, CVE-2023-20593) was later re-worked to better integrate with other manipulations of the same MSR. In this rework an inverted conditional was introduced, resulting in the workaround to not be applied when needed and vice versa. For more details, see: http://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-433.html

Where it's fixed

ProductFixed inFixReleased
Linux
xen · Debian 13.5 (trixie) 4.20.4+39-gf1e1321c87-0+deb13u1 DEBIAN-CVE-2026-79608 Oct 19, 2026
xen · Debian 14 4.20.4+39-gf1e1321c87-1 DEBIAN-CVE-2026-79608 Oct 19, 2026
xen · sles 15.7 4.20.4_06-150700.3.49.2 SUSE-SU-2026:4942-1 Nov 7, 2026

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