Some shadow paging errors paths will switch the page-tables without
updating the currently running vCPU reference. This causes a mismatch
between the loaded page-tables and the mapcache metadata which can lead
to corruption of the mapcache.

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Running only HVM or PVH guests will avoid the vulnerability. Running PV guests in the PV shim will also avoid the vulnerability.

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Thu, 18 Jun 2026 16:45:00 +0000

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Description Some shadow paging errors paths will switch the page-tables without updating the currently running vCPU reference. This causes a mismatch between the loaded page-tables and the mapcache metadata which can lead to corruption of the mapcache.
Title x86: mismatched mapcache metadata
Weaknesses CWE-119
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 8.1, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}

ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: XEN

Published:

Updated: 2026-06-18T15:07:35.190Z

Reserved: 2026-04-27T14:20:24.138Z

Link: CVE-2026-42488

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-06-18T15:07:35.190Z

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