CVE-2026-102703
arbitrary read/write via grant copy
[This CNA information record relates to multiple CVEs; the text explains which aspects/vulnerabilities correspond to which CVE.]
A common access pattern is a batch of Grant Copy operations acting on adjacent address ranges in the same source or destination page. For performance reasons, Xen caches details internally to reuse already validated data. The conditions on when to re-validate the internal data were not correct in some cases:
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Frame numbers and grant references could wrongly be mixed up. This is CVE-2026-102703.
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Copying by frame number (rather than grant reference) is permitted only when operating on the caller's own memory. The check to enforce this restriction was misplaced. This is CVE-2026-102704.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Local
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- Low
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- Low
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
4.4
arbitrary read/write via grant copy
[This CNA information record relates to multiple CVEs; the text explains which aspects/vulnerabilities correspond to which CVE.]
A common access pattern is a batch of Grant Copy operations acting on adjacent address ranges in the same source or destination page. For performance reasons, Xen caches details internally to reuse already validated data. The conditions on when to re-validate the internal data were not correct in some cases:
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Frame numbers and grant references could wrongly be mixed up. This is CVE-2026-102703.
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Copying by frame number (rather than grant reference) is permitted only when operating on the caller's own memory. The check to enforce this restriction was misplaced. This is CVE-2026-102704.
- Record
CVE-2026-102703- CVSS 3.1
- 4.4 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-704
- Updated
- 2026-11-04
EUVDEUVD-2026-116863
4.4
[This CNA information record relates to multiple CVEs; the text explains which aspects/vulnerabilities correspond to which CVE.]
A common access pattern is a batch of Grant Copy operations acting on adjacent address ranges in the same source or destination page. For performance reasons, Xen caches details internally to reuse already validated data. The conditions on when to re-validate the internal data were not correct in some cases:
-
Frame numbers and grant references could wrongly be mixed up. This is CVE-2026-102703.
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Copying by frame number (rather than grant reference) is permitted only when operating on the caller's own memory. The check to enforce this restriction was misplaced. This is CVE-2026-102704.
- Record
EUVD-2026-116863- CVSS 3.1
- 4.4 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-04
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-f25v-mw79-cqg5
4.4
[This CNA information record relates to multiple CVEs; the text explains which aspects...
[This CNA information record relates to multiple CVEs; the text explains which aspects/vulnerabilities correspond to which CVE.]
A common access pattern is a batch of Grant Copy operations acting on adjacent address ranges in the same source or destination page. For performance reasons, Xen caches details internally to reuse already validated data. The conditions on when to re-validate the internal data were not correct in some cases:
-
Frame numbers and grant references could wrongly be mixed up. This is CVE-2026-102703.
-
Copying by frame number (rather than grant reference) is permitted only when operating on the caller's own memory. The check to enforce this restriction was misplaced. This is CVE-2026-102704.
- Record
GHSA-f25v-mw79-cqg5- CVSS 3.1
- 4.4 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-704
- Updated
- 2026-11-04
NVD
4.4
[This CNA information record relates to multiple CVEs; the text explains which aspects/vulnerabilities correspond to which CVE.]
A common access pattern is a batch of Grant Copy operations acting on adjacent address ranges in the same source or destination page. For performance reasons, Xen caches details internally to reuse already validated data. The conditions on when to re-validate the internal data were not correct in some cases:
-
Frame numbers and grant references could wrongly be mixed up. This is CVE-2026-102703.
-
Copying by frame number (rather than grant reference) is permitted only when operating on the caller's own memory. The check to enforce this restriction was misplaced. This is CVE-2026-102704.
- Record
CVE-2026-102703- CVSS 3.1
- 4.4 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-704
- Updated
- 2026-11-06
OSVALPINE-CVE-2026-102703
4.4
[This CNA information record relates to multiple CVEs; the text explains which aspects/vulnerabilities correspond to which CVE.]
A common access pattern is a batch of Grant Copy operations acting on adjacent address ranges in the same source or destination page. For performance reasons, Xen caches details internally to reuse already validated data. The conditions on when to re-validate the internal data were not correct in some cases:
-
Frame numbers and grant references could wrongly be mixed up. This is CVE-2026-102703.
-
Copying by frame number (rather than grant reference) is permitted only when operating on the caller's own memory. The check to enforce this restriction was misplaced. This is CVE-2026-102704.
- Record
ALPINE-CVE-2026-102703- CVSS 3.1
- 4.4 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-05
OSVDEBIAN-CVE-2026-102703
4.4
[This CNA information record relates to multiple CVEs; the text explains which aspects/vulnerabilities correspond to which CVE.] A common access pattern is a batch of Grant Copy operations acting on adjacent address ranges in the same source or destination page. For performance reasons, Xen caches details internally to reuse already validated data. The conditions on when to re-validate the internal data were not correct in some cases: - Frame numbers and grant references could wrongly be mixed up. This is CVE-2026-102703. - Copying by frame number (rather than grant reference) is permitted only when operating on the caller's own memory. The check to enforce this restriction was misplaced. This is CVE-2026-102704.
- Record
DEBIAN-CVE-2026-102703- CVSS 3.1
- 4.4 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-09
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OSVUBUNTU-CVE-2026-102703
4.4
[Unknown description]
- Record
UBUNTU-CVE-2026-102703- CVSS 3.1
- 4.4 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-06
OSVopenSUSE-SU-2026:12423-1 No score
xen-4.22.0_08-1.1 on GA media
These are all security issues fixed in the xen-4.22.0_08-1.1 package on the GA media of openSUSE Tumbleweed.
- Record
openSUSE-SU-2026:12423-1- Updated
- 2026-11-05
OSVSUSE-SU-2026:5087-1 No score
Security update for xen
This update for xen fixes the following issues:
Security issue fixed:
- CVE-2026-102703,CVE-2026-102704: arbitrary read/write via grant copy (bsc#1288663).
Non security issue fixed:
- Xen: Missing upstream bug fixes (bsc#1027519).
- Record
SUSE-SU-2026:5087-1- Updated
- 2026-11-04
OSVSUSE-SU-2026:5139-1 No score
Security update for xen
This update for xen fixes the following issue:
- CVE-2026-102703,CVE-2026-102704: arbitrary read/write via grant copy (bsc#1288663).
- Record
SUSE-SU-2026:5139-1- Updated
- 2026-11-10
OSVSUSE-SU-2026:5140-1 No score
Security update for xen
This update for xen fixes the following issues:
Security issues fixed:
- CVE-2026-62437: x86: DMs may cause mem leak by IRQ binding (bsc#1276838).
- CVE-2026-79602: x86: improper handling of HVM emulation return codes (bsc#1276839).
- CVE-2026-79603: unconditionally do TLB flushing ahead of page scrubbing (bsc#1276841).
- CVE-2026-79609: x86: XPTI may break on huge-memory systems (bsc#1283321).
- CVE-2026-79610: grant-table: double version change race (bsc#1283322).
- CVE-2026-79611: VMX: VMentry failure with branch tracing and blocked states (bsc#1283323).
- CVE-2026-102700: gnttab: cache-flush handling may cause page reference leak (bsc#1283325).
- CVE-2026-102703,CVE-2026-102704: arbitrary read/write via grant copy (bsc#1288663).
Non security issue fixed:
- Update to Xen 4.18.6 security bug fix release (bsc#1027519).
- Record
SUSE-SU-2026:5140-1- Updated
- 2026-11-10
OSVSUSE-SU-2026:5159-1 No score
Security update for xen
This update for xen fixes the following issue:
- CVE-2026-102703,CVE-2026-102704: arbitrary read/write via grant copy (bsc#1288663).
- Record
SUSE-SU-2026:5159-1- Updated
- 2026-11-10
Affected products
Affected packages
| Package | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|
xenAlpine:v3.21 |
before 4.19.6-r3 | 4.19.6-r3 |
xenAlpine:v3.22 |
before 4.20.4-r3 | 4.20.4-r3 |
xenAlpine:v3.23 |
before 4.20.4-r3 | 4.20.4-r3 |
xenAlpine:v3.24 |
before 4.21.2-r3 | 4.21.2-r3 |
xenDebian:12 |
before 4.17.7+13-g2445b30a44-0+deb12u1, plus listed versions 4.17.1+2-gb773c48e36-14.17.2+55-g0b56bed864-14.17.2+76-ge1f9cb16e2-14.17.2+76-ge1f9cb16e2-1~deb12u14.17.2-1 Show 10 moreShow less4.17.3+10-g091466ba55-14.17.3+10-g091466ba55-1.14.17.3+10-g091466ba55-1.1~exp14.17.3+10-g091466ba55-1.1~exp24.17.3+10-g091466ba55-1~deb12u14.17.3+36-g54dacb5c02-14.17.5+23-ga4e5191dc0-14.17.5+23-ga4e5191dc0-1+deb12u14.17.5+72-g01140da4e8-14.17.7-0+deb12u1 |
4.17.7+13-g2445b30a44-0+deb12u1 |
xenDebian:13 |
before 4.20.4+63-g7abfd2bce2-0+deb13u1, plus listed versions 4.20.0+68-g35cb38b222-14.20.2+37-g61ff35323e-0+deb13u14.20.2+37-g61ff35323e-14.20.2+7-g1badcf5035-0+deb13u14.20.2+7-g1badcf5035-1 Show 5 moreShow less4.20.2+7-g1badcf5035-24.20.3+127-gc42374a105-0+deb13u14.20.3+127-gc42374a105-14.20.4+39-gf1e1321c87-0+deb13u14.20.4+39-gf1e1321c87-1 |
4.20.4+63-g7abfd2bce2-0+deb13u1 |
xenDebian:14 |
before 4.20.4+63-g7abfd2bce2-1, plus listed versions 4.20.0+68-g35cb38b222-14.20.2+37-g61ff35323e-14.20.2+7-g1badcf5035-14.20.2+7-g1badcf5035-24.20.3+127-gc42374a105-14.20.4+39-gf1e1321c87-1 |
4.20.4+63-g7abfd2bce2-1 |
xenSUSE:Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP7 From an advisory covering 2 CVEs |
before 4.20.4_08-150700.3.52.1 | 4.20.4_08-150700.3.52.1 |
xenSUSE:Linux Enterprise Module for Server Applications 15 SP7 From an advisory covering 2 CVEs |
before 4.20.4_08-150700.3.52.1 | 4.20.4_08-150700.3.52.1 |
xenSUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5-LTSS From an advisory covering 2 CVEs |
before 4.12.4_78-3.157.1 | 4.12.4_78-3.157.1 |
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| Package | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|
xenSUSE:Linux Enterprise Server LTSS Extended Security 12 SP5 From an advisory covering 2 CVEs |
before 4.12.4_78-3.157.1 | 4.12.4_78-3.157.1 |
xenSUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP6-LTSS From an advisory covering 9 CVEs |
before 4.18.6_03-150600.3.56.1 | 4.18.6_03-150600.3.56.1 |
xenSUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP6 From an advisory covering 9 CVEs |
before 4.18.6_03-150600.3.56.1 | 4.18.6_03-150600.3.56.1 |
xenSUSE:Linux Enterprise Micro 5.5 From an advisory covering 2 CVEs |
before 4.17.7_04-150500.3.85.1 | 4.17.7_04-150500.3.85.1 |
xenSUSE:Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP5-ESPOS From an advisory covering 2 CVEs |
before 4.17.7_04-150500.3.85.1 | 4.17.7_04-150500.3.85.1 |
xenSUSE:Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP5-LTSS From an advisory covering 2 CVEs |
before 4.17.7_04-150500.3.85.1 | 4.17.7_04-150500.3.85.1 |
xenSUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP5-LTSS From an advisory covering 2 CVEs |
before 4.17.7_04-150500.3.85.1 | 4.17.7_04-150500.3.85.1 |
xenSUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP5 From an advisory covering 2 CVEs |
before 4.17.7_04-150500.3.85.1 | 4.17.7_04-150500.3.85.1 |
xenUbuntu:16.04:LTS |
All versions, plus listed versions 4.5.1-0ubuntu14.5.1-0ubuntu24.6.0-1ubuntu14.6.0-1ubuntu24.6.0-1ubuntu4 Show 7 moreShow less4.6.0-1ubuntu4.14.6.0-1ubuntu4.24.6.0-1ubuntu4.34.6.5-0ubuntu14.6.5-0ubuntu1.14.6.5-0ubuntu1.24.6.5-0ubuntu1.4 |
None known |
xenUbuntu:18.04:LTS |
All versions, plus listed versions 4.9.0-0ubuntu34.9.0-0ubuntu44.9.2-0ubuntu1 |
None known |
xenUbuntu:20.04:LTS |
All versions, plus listed versions 4.9.2-0ubuntu24.9.2-0ubuntu64.9.2-0ubuntu74.11.3+24-g14b62ab3e5-1ubuntu14.11.3+24-g14b62ab3e5-1ubuntu24.11.3+24-g14b62ab3e5-1ubuntu2.24.11.3+24-g14b62ab3e5-1ubuntu2.3 |
None known |
xenUbuntu:22.04:LTS |
All versions, plus listed versions 4.11.4+24-gddaaccbbab-1ubuntu24.16.0-1~ubuntu24.16.0-1~ubuntu2.1 |
None known |
xenUbuntu:24.04:LTS |
All versions, plus listed versions 4.17.2-14.17.2+55-g0b56bed864-14.17.2+76-ge1f9cb16e2-14.17.2+76-ge1f9cb16e2-1ubuntu14.17.3+10-g091466ba55-14.17.3+10-g091466ba55-1.1ubuntu24.17.3+10-g091466ba55-1.1ubuntu3 |
None known |
xenUbuntu:26.10 |
All versions, plus listed versions 4.20.2+7-g1badcf5035-2build24.20.2+37-g61ff35323e-1ubuntu14.20.3+127-gc42374a105-1 |
None known |
xenUbuntu:26.04:LTS |
All versions, plus listed versions 4.20.0+68-g35cb38b222-14.20.2+7-g1badcf5035-24.20.2+7-g1badcf5035-2build2 |
None known |
xenopenSUSE:Tumbleweed |
before 4.22.0_08-1.1 | 4.22.0_08-1.1 |
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| affected, aliases, references | OSV | |
| affected, aliases, references | OSV | |
| affected | NVD, OSV | |
| affected | OSV | |
| affected, aliases, references | OSV | |
| affected, aliases, references | OSV | |
| affected | GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV | |
| cwes, severity | CVE List | |
| severity | EUVD | |
| affected | EUVD, OSV |
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| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| affected, aliases, facts, references | EUVD, NVD, OSV | |
| aliases, references | GitHub Advisories | |
| aliases | EUVD | |
| description, products, references, title | CVE List | |
| affected, aliases, description, facts, published, references | OSV | |
| first indexed | OSV |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2026-102703 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 4.4) in Xen, published November 3, 2026. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.14%, the 3rd percentile. Fixed in xen 4.19.6-r3.
References
xenbits.xenproject.org/xsa/advisory-523.html
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-102703
github.com/advisories/GHSA-f25v-mw79-cqg5
security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2026-102703
security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2026-102703
suse.com/support/update/announcement/2026/suse-su-20265087-1
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bugzilla.suse.com/1027519
bugzilla.suse.com/1288663
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-102703
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-102704
suse.com/support/update/announcement/2026/suse-su-20265139-1
suse.com/support/update/announcement/2026/suse-su-20265140-1
bugzilla.suse.com/1276838
bugzilla.suse.com/1276839
bugzilla.suse.com/1276841
bugzilla.suse.com/1283321
bugzilla.suse.com/1283322
bugzilla.suse.com/1283323
bugzilla.suse.com/1283325
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-102700
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-62437
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-79602
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-79603
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-79609
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-79610
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-79611
suse.com/support/update/announcement/2026/suse-su-20265159-1
ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2026-102703
cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-102703
xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-523.html