CVE-2025-58146
XAPI UTF-8 string handling
There are multiple issues.
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Updates to the XAPI database sanitise input strings, but try generating the notification using the unsanitised input. This causes the database's event thread to terminate and cease further processing.
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XAPI's UTF-8 encoder implements v3.0 of the Unicode spec, but XAPI uses libraries which conform to the stricter v3.1 of the Unicode spec. This causes some strings to be accepted as valid UTF-8 by XAPI, but rejected by other libraries in use. Notably, such strings can be entered into the database, after which the database can no longer be loaded.
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There is no input sanitisation for Map/Set updates on objects in the XAPI database.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Local
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
9.4
XAPI UTF-8 string handling
There are multiple issues.
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Updates to the XAPI database sanitise input strings, but try generating the notification using the unsanitised input. This causes the database's event thread to terminate and cease further processing.
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XAPI's UTF-8 encoder implements v3.0 of the Unicode spec, but XAPI uses libraries which conform to the stricter v3.1 of the Unicode spec. This causes some strings to be accepted as valid UTF-8 by XAPI, but rejected by other libraries in use. Notably, such strings can be entered into the database, after which the database can no longer be loaded.
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There is no input sanitisation for Map/Set updates on objects in the XAPI database.
- Record
CVE-2025-58146- CVSS 4.0
- 9.4 Critical
CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H - Weakness
- CWE-20
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2025-210446
9.4
There are multiple issues.
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Updates to the XAPI database sanitise input strings, but try generating the notification using the unsanitised input. This causes the database's event thread to terminate and cease further processing.
-
XAPI's UTF-8 encoder implements v3.0 of the Unicode spec, but XAPI uses libraries which conform to the stricter v3.1 of the Unicode spec. This causes some strings to be accepted as valid UTF-8 by XAPI, but rejected by other libraries in use. Notably, such strings can be entered into the database, after which the database can no longer be loaded.
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There is no input sanitisation for Map/Set updates on objects in the XAPI database.
- Record
EUVD-2025-210446- CVSS 4.0
- 9.4 Critical
CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-cfmg-797f-j883
9.4
There are multiple issues. 1. Updates to the XAPI database sanitise input strings, but try ...
There are multiple issues.
-
Updates to the XAPI database sanitise input strings, but try generating the notification using the unsanitised input. This causes the database's event thread to terminate and cease further processing.
-
XAPI's UTF-8 encoder implements v3.0 of the Unicode spec, but XAPI uses libraries which conform to the stricter v3.1 of the Unicode spec. This causes some strings to be accepted as valid UTF-8 by XAPI, but rejected by other libraries in use. Notably, such strings can be entered into the database, after which the database can no longer be loaded.
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There is no input sanitisation for Map/Set updates on objects in the XAPI database.
- Record
GHSA-cfmg-797f-j883- CVSS 4.0
- 9.4 Critical
CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X - Weakness
- CWE-20
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
9.4
There are multiple issues.
-
Updates to the XAPI database sanitise input strings, but try generating the notification using the unsanitised input. This causes the database's event thread to terminate and cease further processing.
-
XAPI's UTF-8 encoder implements v3.0 of the Unicode spec, but XAPI uses libraries which conform to the stricter v3.1 of the Unicode spec. This causes some strings to be accepted as valid UTF-8 by XAPI, but rejected by other libraries in use. Notably, such strings can be entered into the database, after which the database can no longer be loaded.
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There is no input sanitisation for Map/Set updates on objects in the XAPI database.
- Record
CVE-2025-58146- CVSS 4.0
- 9.4 Critical
CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X - Weakness
- CWE-20
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVALPINE-CVE-2025-58146
9.4
There are multiple issues.
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Updates to the XAPI database sanitise input strings, but try generating the notification using the unsanitised input. This causes the database's event thread to terminate and cease further processing.
-
XAPI's UTF-8 encoder implements v3.0 of the Unicode spec, but XAPI uses libraries which conform to the stricter v3.1 of the Unicode spec. This causes some strings to be accepted as valid UTF-8 by XAPI, but rejected by other libraries in use. Notably, such strings can be entered into the database, after which the database can no longer be loaded.
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There is no input sanitisation for Map/Set updates on objects in the XAPI database.
- Record
ALPINE-CVE-2025-58146- CVSS 4.0
- 9.4 Critical
CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X - Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVMGASA-2025-0270 No score
Updated xen packages fix security vulnerabilities
Double unlock in x86 guest IRQ handling. (CVE-2024-31143) Xapi: Metadata injection attack against backup/restore functionality. (CVE-2024-31144) Error handling in x86 IOMMU identity mapping. (CVE-2024-31145) PCI device pass-through with shared resources. (CVE-2024-31146) x86: Deadlock in vlapic_error(). (CVE-2024-45817) Deadlock in x86 HVM standard VGA handling. (CVE-2024-45818) libxl leaks data to PVH guests via ACPI tables. (CVE-2024-45819) Backend can crash Linux netfront. (CVE-2024-53240) Xen hypercall page unsafe against speculative attacks. (CVE-2024-53241) Deadlock potential with VT-d and legacy PCI device pass-through. (CVE-2025-1713) x86: Indirect Target Selection. (CVE-2024-28956) x86: Incorrect stubs exception handling for flags recovery. (CVE-2025-27465) TSA-SQ (TSA in the Store Queues). (CVE-2024-36350) TSA-L1 (TSA in the L1 data cache). (CVE-2024-36357) A NULL pointer dereference in the updating of the reference TSC area. (CVE-2025-27466) A NULL pointer dereference by assuming the SIM page is mapped when a synthetic timer message has to be delivered. (CVE-2025-58142) A race in the mapping of the reference TSC page, where a guest can get Xen to free a page while still present in the guest physical to machine (p2m) page tables. (CVE-2025-58143) An assertion is wrong there, where the case actually needs handling. A NULL pointer de-reference could result on a release build. (CVE-2025-58144) The P2M lock isn't held until a page reference was actually obtained (or the attempt to do so has failed). Otherwise the page can not only change type, but even ownership in between, thus allowing domain boundaries to be violated. (CVE-2025-58145) XAPI UTF-8 string handling. (CVE-2025-58146) Hypercalls using the HV_VP_SET Sparse format can cause vpmask_set() to write out of bounds when converting the bitmap to Xen's format. (CVE-2025-58147) Hypercalls using any input format can cause send_ipi() to read d->vcpu[] out-of-bounds, and operate on a wild vCPU pointer.(CVE-2025-58148) Incorrect removal of permissions on PCI device unplug. (CVE-2025-58149)
- Record
MGASA-2025-0270- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Affected packages
| Package | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|
xenMageia:9 From an advisory covering 26 CVEs |
before 4.17.5-1.git20251028.1.mga9 | 4.17.5-1.git20251028.1.mga9 |
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| affected, facts | ||
| affected | ||
| first indexed | CVE List, EUVD, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2025-58146 is a critical vulnerability (CVSS 9.4) in Xapi, published November 9, 2025. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.18%, the 7th percentile. No source names a fixed version.
References
xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-474.html
openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/09/09/3
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-58146
github.com/advisories/GHSA-cfmg-797f-j883
security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2025-58146
advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2025-0270.html
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