oxenstored keeps quota related use counts across domain destruction

Summary

CVECVE-2026-23556
StatePUBLISHED
AssignerXEN
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2026-07-09 16:16:38 UTC
Updated2026-07-09 17:16:58 UTC
DescriptionWhen oxenstored is tearing a domain down, the node data is cleaned up but the usage counts are leaked. When the domain ID is eventually reused, the new domain can create fewer nodes before beeing deemed to be over quota.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v4.0 9.4 CRITICAL from [email protected]

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

EPSS: 0.001370000 probability, percentile 0.034840000 (date 2026-07-13)

Problem Types: CWE-281 | CWE-281 CWE-281 Improper preservation of permissions


VersionSourceTypeScoreSeverityVector
4.0[email protected]Secondary9.4CRITICALCVSS: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/C...
4.0CNACVSS9.4CRITICALCVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H

CVSS v4.0 Breakdown

Attack Vector
Local
Attack Complexity
Low
Attack Requirements
None
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Sub Conf.
High
Sub Integrity
High
Sub Availability
High

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

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Xen Oxenstored affected all Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-483.html [email protected] xenbits.xen.org
www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/04/28/10 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com
xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-483.html af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 xenbits.xen.org
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Vendor Comments And Credit

Discovery Credit

CNA: This issue was discovered by Andrii Sultanov of Vates. (en)

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